Following a Kenya 2030 WRG-sponsored session on “Opportunities for Investing in Irrigation” on 23 November during Kenya Water Week, the partnership convened its first multi-stakeholder session lead by the State Department of Irrigation to discuss development of a financial solution in partnership with government, farmers, banking institutions, aggregators and equipment providers to encourage more lending to commercial smallholder farmers and prove market readiness.

For more information on the roundtable discussions, please click Agriculture-and-irrigation-opportunity-in-Kenya” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>here.

To read a related opinion piece authored by Working Group Chair and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Patrick Mwangi, please click here.