Identify and establish areas of collaboration, partnerships and associations amongst stakeholders in the cooperative sector
Provide a platform for relevant organizations for partnership and investments liaising with potential development and other partners
Identify and Promote investment opportunities in the cooperative sub sector
Coordinate development and investment proposals in collaboration with relent agencies , ministries and organizations
Promote vertical and horizontal business linkages amongst stakeholders in the cooperative sector
Championing on the promotion and upgrade on various value chain
Asses the current state of the knowledge management amongst the stakeholders in the cooperative sector
Monitor and evaluate performance and growth of the cooperative sector
Projects and Programs Being Undertaken
Development of implementation to actualize cooperative Share trading platform and Agency banking for the SACCOs
Develop Management Information Systems for the cooperative sector
Establish Agribusiness Development Advisory centers(ADAs) in 13 counties and one headquarter
Train Cooperative officers and cooperative chief executives on Management Information Systems
Expose cooperatives to best practices
In collaboration with Purdue University, plans to set up incubation centers for value addition
Link Agricultural cooperatives to program and projects in the agriculture sector supported by development partner
Facilitate the formation and implementation of new business ventures in the cooperatives
Promote , liaise and manage relationships with investors and other development partners
Monitoring and Evaluating the ongoing projects
Others
Offer advisory services on business plan development and value chain analysis
Available business plan templates for coffee
Access value chain analysis reports of various agricultural commodities
Access investment opportunities presented during the Grow Africa Forum
Achievements
Developed a sharia compliant cooperative development policy
Developed training manuals and modules on Agribusiness, supplies value chain, extensions and advisory services, and emerging business models
Developed prudential standards for the cooperatives
Built the capacity of 200 cooperative leaders and government of Kenya’s technical and extension personnel on agribusiness and emerging business models
Developed concepts on new business ventures for the cooperative business model (Share trading and Agency banking)
Linked the cooperatives with the running development partners funded programs in the agriculture sector such as Njaa Marufuku, Kenya, EAAPP , KAPP, KAPAP , IFAD and FAO
Developed document showing possible investment opportunities for selected value chains for Grow Africa Forum
In collaboration with World Bank developed strategies to enhance participation for entrepreneurs in the food industry
