Mission
Carrying out a comprehensive Feasibility Study and planning of rural development for new settlements including grain and field crops, sugar cane, dairy, beef cattle, aquaculture, vegetables, herbs and flowers under greenhouses, poultry, fruit trees and processing plants.
Category
Field Crops
Investment Budget and capacity
US$ 5.0 billion, 400,000 ha
Country
Kenya 2015-2014
Location
East – West of Kenya between Galana and Tana rivers
Client
Republic of Kenya, Irrigation National board, Agri green Kenya
Methodology: teams of experts from Israel and Kenya worked together on the mission. The local environment was studied in depth and advanced agricultural technologies which are suitable for the project were chosen. Agricultural, technical and economic analyses were prepared and were submitted to the decision makers and the Irrigation National board of Kenya.
Outcome: The feasibility study was confirmed and budget for implementation was allocated. The first phase of the complete project was already implemented. It includes grain and corn production on an area of 4,000 ha irrigated by machines and drip.
