Kenya Livestock Producers Association

What Kenya Livestock Producers Association does

Kenya Livestock Producers Association (KLPA) is a Nairobi-based, non-profit apex membership association founded in 2004, representing individual farmers, farmer groups, cooperatives, self-help groups, community-based organizations, and corporate members across Kenya's livestock and agribusiness value chains. Its core function is to deliver smallholder-facing services spanning education, input access, credit facilitation, market linkage, and policy advocacy, anchored by a small core team of roughly 16 staff and a network of 1,500 field extension experts ("Village Advisors").

KLPA's flagship engagement is its role as the implementing and extension services partner for DigiFarm, Safaricom's USSD-based mobile platform (*283#) for smallholder farmers. Through DigiFarm and adjacent sub-products (DigiSoko marketplace, Airtel Kilimo, K-SALES with Land O'Lakes, and KCB Foundation's Mifugo ni Mali), KLPA coordinates farmer recruitment, input distribution via 144 iProcure depots, agronomic advisory visits, soil testing, produce aggregation, and buyer linkage to off-takers such as Bidco Africa, Unga Group, East Africa Maltings Limited, Mamlaka Foods, and Capwell Industries. Complementary revenue and engagement channels include 308 county-level agribusiness trade fairs since 2008, an online shop selling agricultural e-books (KSh499–KSh600), an educational blog, and a video hub.

The business model is multi-stream but modest in disclosed revenue: membership fees, trade fair exhibitor/sponsorship income, fees from extension-services partnerships (notably Safaricom/DigiFarm and Land O'Lakes/K-SALES), donor grants (Mercy Corps AgriFin, Safaricom Foundation Wezesha, KCB Foundation), and small unit sales of educational publications. KLPA's competitive position rests on its 1.5M+ farmer membership base, 16 years of operating history, policy influence through KEPSA/KAM/KNCCI membership, and an award-winning digital platform (GLOMO 2020; Fast Company World Changing Ideas 2018). Constraints include reliance on a narrow set of anchor partners (Safaricom, iProcure, FarmDrive) and an absence of disclosed financials or independent capital base.

Name

Kenya Livestock Producers Association

Legal name

Kenya Livestock Producers Association

Website

https://klpakenya.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kenya Livestock Producers Association (KLPA) is a Nairobi-based non-profit apex association founded in 2004, serving 1.5 million+ smallholder farmers across Kenya with education, input access, credit facilitation, market linkage, and policy advocacy, primarily as the implementing partner for Safaricom's DigiFarm mobile platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Association & Extension Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139), Support Activities for Animal Production (115210), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems (BPAGAGAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fair Trade & Ethical Supply Chains (Certification, Traceability, Producer Support) (BPAGALAL), Agriculture Inputs & Farm Supply Marketplaces (CRAFAHAL)

Keywords

• Livestock association services
• Agricultural extension services
• Smallholder farmer support
• Agribusiness trade fairs
• Digital farming platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Nairobi

HQ country

Kenya

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: KLPA operates as an apex association with membership from farmers, farmer groups, cooperative societies, Self Help Groups, CBOs and corporate organizations. Membership fees likely contribute to operational revenue.
2. Agribusiness Trade Fair Services: KLPA organizes county agribusiness trade fairs bringing together farmers, manufacturers, traders, and other value chain players. Revenue generated through exhibitor fees and sponsorship.
3. Extension Services Partnership: KLPA serves as implementing and extension services support partner for DigiFarm project, coordinating farmer recruitment, farm input distribution, agronomist visits, and produce aggregation.
4. Shop - Agricultural Publications: KLPA operates a shop selling agricultural publications including guides on feeding cows for profit and onion farming at KSh600 per item.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

KLPA is a membership-based apex association serving Kenyan livestock producers, providing agricultural extension services, organizing county agribusiness trade fairs, and acting as the implementing partner for Safaricom's DigiFarm mobile platform. Its services connect 1.5M+ member farmers to discounted farm inputs, affordable credit, market linkages, learning content, and policy advocacy.

Product overview

Kenya Livestock Producers Association (KLPA) operates a platform-plus-services model centered on DigiFarm, Safaricom's integrated mobile-based platform for digital agricultural services. KLPA serves as the implementing and extension services support partner for DigiFarm, providing farmer recruitment, farm input coordination, agronomist farm visits, soil testing, and produce aggregation services. The organization also operates parallel programs including agribusiness trade fairs, the Airtel Kilimo Platform, K-SALES (Land O'Lakes partnership), and KCB Foundation's Mifugo ni Mali project. Supporting offerings include an online shop for agricultural e-books and an educational blog covering farming practices. The portfolio connects smallholder farmers to financial services, agricultural inputs, learning content, and market linkages through mobile technology partnerships with Safaricom, iProcure, FarmDrive, and various content providers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DigiFarm Implementation & Extension Services KLPA's contracted implementation and extension services for Safaricom's DigiFarm mobile platform (USSD *283#), covering farmer recruitment, farm input coordination, agronomist farm visits, soil testing, and produce aggregation for smallholder farmers across Kenya.
• KLPA Agribusiness Trade Fairs County-level agribusiness trade fairs organized by KLPA that bring together farmers, manufacturers, traders, innovators, scholars, leaders, policy makers and other players within the agribusiness value chain for skills training, knowledge sharing and direct trade.
• K-SALES (Kenya Semi-Arid Livestock Enhancement Support) Land O'Lakes partnership programme aimed at increasing livestock-sector productivity by developing Business Service Providers, running farmer field schools, improving water and infrastructure access, facilitating agricultural lending, and expanding trade through post-harvest handling and cooperative capacity development.
• KCB Foundation Mifugo ni Mali KCB Foundation and Baringo County partnership helping pastoralists and farmers trade in livestock (goats), including annual agribusiness trade fairs held every November in Baringo County under the theme 'Market access and information sharing.'
• DigiSoko Market Linkage Service Market linkage service via DigiSoko connecting KLPA-member farmers to commercial buyers (Bidco Africa, East Africa Maltings Limited, Unga Group, Mamlaka Foods, Capwell Industries) in specific value chains for produce offtake.
• KLPA Shop – Agricultural Publications Online shop selling agricultural e-books and guides such as 'Feeding your cow for profit' (KSh600) and 'Master Bulb Onion Farming' (KSh499) to Kenyan farmers and aspiring agribusiness operators.
• KLPA Farmer Membership Paid membership in Kenya Livestock Producers Association, available to individual farmers, farmer groups, cooperative societies, Self Help Groups, Community Based Organizations and corporate organizations in livestock agribusiness, providing access to extension services, advocacy, trade fairs, and digital agriculture programmes.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2 million+ farmers reached with services
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Land O' Lakes (K-SALES Project)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019KLPA partnered with Land O' Lakes K-SALES project aimed at increasing agricultural productivity by developing Business Service Providers (BSPs), facilitating farmer field schools, increasing access to clean water, improving infrastructure, and facilitating agricultural lending. The project also focused on expanding trade of agricultural products through post-harvest handling training and cooperative capacity development.
• KCB FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019KLPA partnered with Kenya Commercial Bank Foundation and County government of Baringo to help pastoralists and farmers trade in livestock (specifically goats). Annual Agribusiness trade fairs are held in the county every November with the theme 'Market access and information sharing.'
• iProcurecoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019iProcure is a Safaricom business partner ensuring access to high quality farm inputs through 144 depots across Kenya. Farmers purchase inputs through DigiFarm platform with e-vouchers redeemed at iProcure depots. Over 50,000 farmers have purchased inputs through this partnership.
• FarmDrivecoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019FarmDrive provides affordable credit to farmers through the DigiFarm platform. The partnership addresses the challenge of high cost and limited availability of credit which limits smallholder farmers' investment opportunities.
• ArifucoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019Arifu is the content partner for DigiFarm, providing relevant agricultural and livestock information to farmers through the mobile platform. Nearly 310,000 farmers have accessed DigiFarm learning content through Arifu and other learning partners.
• Mercy Corps AgriFincoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Mercy Corps AgriFin supported the development of DigiFarm by providing funding and expertise. They employed human-centered design to understand farmer behavior, attitudes, motivations, and social norms influencing farming decisions.
• SafaricomcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Safaricom partnered with KLPA and other partners to develop and roll out DigiFarm, an integrated mobile-based platform for digital services tailored for smallholder farmers. KLPA serves as implementing and extension services support partner, overseeing farmer recruitment, input distribution coordination, routine farm visits, and produce aggregation. The platform is accessed via USSD *283#.
• Airtel KenyaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014KLPA partnered with Airtel Kenya and Mobipay in 2014 to implement an online social platform where farmers could access real-time agricultural information including markets, input prices, weather updates, and farming tips via mobile phones.
• Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKLPA is a member of KEPSA, participating in lobbying and advocacy on livestock policies and representing interests of livestock farmers.
• Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKLPA is a member of KAM, participating in industry advocacy and representing livestock farmers' interests in policy discussions.
• Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKLPA is a member of KNCCI, engaging in business networking and representing livestock producers in commercial activities.
• International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerILRI is listed as a partner, providing research support and expertise in livestock development.
• North Eastern Africa Livestock Council (NEALCO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKLPA successfully founded NEALCO in 2017 and hosted the 1st Regional Livestock Conference and Exhibition, expanding its reach across Eastern Africa.
• Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEAFF is listed as a partner organization, representing farmer interests across Eastern Africa.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF): Regional apex federation representing farmer organizations across Eastern Africa. KLPA is already an EAFF partner, but EAFF operates a comparable apex-association model with overlapping membership and policy-advocacy mandate at a multi-country level.
• Kenya National Farmers Federation (KENAFF): Kenya's other major apex farmers' federation, representing a broad cross-section of farmers including crop and livestock producers nationwide. Directly comparable as a national apex membership association competing for the same farmer constituency and policy influence role.
• North Eastern Africa Livestock Council (NEALCO): Regional livestock council founded by KLPA in 2017, focused on cross-border livestock trade in the Horn of Africa. Closely comparable apex-association model for livestock producers but operating regionally rather than at the Kenya national level.
• One Acre Fund (Tupande): Large social enterprise providing smallholder farmers with inputs, credit, training, and market access across East Africa. Comparable service bundle (inputs + credit + extension + market access) and smallholder farmer target segment, though focused on crop rather than livestock farmers.
• Land O'Lakes Venture37: International agricultural development organization partnering with KLPA on the K-SALES livestock project. Operates comparable donor-funded farmer cooperative development, capacity building, and agricultural productivity programs in emerging markets.

Emerging players

• Twiga Foods: Kenyan B2B agritech platform connecting farmers to urban retailers, with its own digital sourcing and farmer engagement stack. Operates in the same agricultural supply-chain digitization space that DigiSoko targets, overlapping on farmer-of-produce off-take.
• iCow: Kenyan mobile agricultural advisory platform for smallholder livestock farmers, providing SMS and app-based cow management content. Already a DigiFarm content partner but also a competing direct-to-farmer digital livestock extension channel.

Others

• Mercy Corps AgriFin: Donor program funding the design and development of DigiFarm. Operates in the same digital agriculture-for-smallholders space as KLPA's DigiFarm program and serves as both a partner and adjacent funder in the smallholder fintech/agritech ecosystem.
• Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA): Africa-wide institution supporting smallholder farmers through grants, partnerships, and policy advocacy across agricultural value chains. Comparable institutional role as a pan-African funder/convener of farmer-facing programs in the same space as KLPA's apex mission.
• International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI): International research organization focused on livestock in developing countries, listed as a KLPA partner. Operates adjacent in livestock policy and research with overlapping Kenyan livestock agenda, but is a research institution rather than a membership association.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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