CATEGORY:	Private Sector
CSA PROJECT:	Climate Smart Agriculture
SCALE:	National coordination actions
LOCATION:	Kisumu, HomaBay, Siaya, Migori, Busia, Kilifi, Makueni and Nakuru.
PERIOD OF THE PROJECT:	2011- present
GRANT SIZE OF THE PROJECT:	N/A

Rafiki Microfinance is a micro lender, which provides loans to suppliers and producers to market agricultural produce on behalf of farmers. The organization seeks to promote poultry, dairy and crop farming and provide farmers with farm inputs on credit to boost agriculture. Some of the key activities of the organisation has been to promote farming of climate resilient crops in Western and Eastern Kenya and value-chain development, specifically for cassava, sorghum and dairy value chains.

Most farmers across the country face the effects of climate change and variability. . Generally, farmers report poor distribution and higher variability and unpredictability of rains, affecting the growing seasons, as well as increased cases of floods and drought. Due to the changing climatic conditions, there is need to plant drought tolerant crops to cope with the climatic changes

To promote the growing of resilient crop for cassava and sorghum.

BEYOND FARM LEVEL	TARGET BENEFICIARIES	INDICATORS MONITORED
Provision of credit facilities financing.	Smallholder farmers.	–  agricultural lending portfolio (agriculture loan book) net income disposal to the smallholder farmers farm produce output

The organisation is a member of the Climate Smart Agriculture Multistakeholder Platform.