PAFID KENYA

What PAFID KENYA does

PAFID Kenya (Participatory Approaches for Integrated Development) is a Kenyan non-governmental organization founded in 2006 and headquartered in Westlands, Nairobi. The organization delivers Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) programmes to smallholder farmers across 25 Kenyan counties and parts of Uganda and Tanzania, targeting the rural households who produce the majority of Kenya's food but face erratic rainfall, soil degradation, limited mechanization, restricted credit access (especially for women), and inadequate extension services. PAFID's core technical offerings include Conservation Agriculture minimum tillage training, agroforestry and land restoration, solar-powered drip irrigation (Sunculture), Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs), climate risk insurance advisory, and bio-fertilizer training (Black Gold compost and Siesto Green Bio-Capsules).

PAFID operates a layered delivery model built around 10,039 trained CSA Champion lead farmers who act as peer educators, approximately 100 commercialized Farmer Service Centres providing mechanization services, and 21 full-time professionals including 12 agribusiness coordinators and four regional coordinators. The organization has implemented 8 high-impact programmes since 2011 with a cumulative portfolio of US$8.56 million, touching 233,850+ smallholders. Reported outcomes include 40% average crop yield increases, 60% gross margin improvements, KES 1.08 billion in new farm income per season, and a $2.91 social return per $1 invested.

PAFID's revenue model is a mix of institutional donor grants (from NORAD, WFP, USAID, Global Affairs Canada, European Development Fund, and Mastercard Foundation), individual public donations via Paystack, M-Pesa, and bank transfer (with 100% of public donations directed to field programmes), and a smaller fee-based consultancy arm serving development partners and governments. Donor-funded grants cover institutional overhead while public donations flow entirely to programme delivery, a structural feature that signals strong financial discipline but also dependency on a concentrated funder base.

Name

PAFID KENYA

Legal name

Participatory Approaches for Integrated Development

Website

https://pafidkenya.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Development Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Support Activities for Crop Production (11511)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems (BPAGAGAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Rural Livelihoods & Economic Empowerment (BPAGABAA)

Keywords

• Climate-smart agriculture
• Conservation agriculture training
• Agricultural development services
• Smallholder farmer support
• Rural livelihood programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Nairobi

HQ country

Kenya

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Institutional Grants & Donations: Primary revenue from bilateral donors (NORAD, Global Affairs Canada), multilateral organisations (WFP, USAID), foundations (Mastercard Foundation), and government-to-government funding. Grants fund specific programme implementation across CSA, women's empowerment, youth entrepreneurship, and clean energy.
2. Public Donations: Individual donors contribute via online card payments, M-Pesa, and bank transfers. Monthly recurring donations supported. 100% of public donations reach field programmes — institutional costs covered by grants.
3. Fee-Based Consultancy Services: Advisory services drawing on 15+ years field-tested expertise offered to development partners, governments, and private sector clients. Revenue reinvested into core charitable mission.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

PAFID Kenya is a Kenyan non-profit that delivers Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) training, agroforestry, solar-powered irrigation, women's economic empowerment, and youth entrepreneurship programmes to smallholder farmers across 25 Kenyan counties. Services are delivered through a CSA Champion lead-farmer peer-education network, Farmer Service Centres offering mechanization, and field teams stationed in each county. Operations are funded primarily by institutional grants (NORAD, WFP, USAID, Global Affairs Canada) with supplementary public donations and fee-based advisory services.

Product overview

PAFID Kenya offers a portfolio of interconnected agricultural development programmes rather than a unified software product. The core offerings include Conservation Agriculture training, Agroforestry & Land Restoration, Solar Irrigation (Sunculture-powered drip systems), Women's Economic Empowerment via VSLAs, Youth Entrepreneurship, Market Linkages through Farmer Service Centres, and Climate Risk Insurance Advisory. Programmes are delivered through CSA Champion lead farmer networks and Farmer Service Centres across 25 Kenyan counties. PAFID also provides fee-based advisory and consultancy services for development partners and governments, with revenue reinvested into charitable programmes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Conservation Agriculture Programme Training smallholder farmers in minimum tillage, permanent soil cover, and crop diversification to improve yields (40% average increase), reduce costs, and build climate resilience. Includes deployment of CA ripper equipment to mechanization providers.
• Agroforestry & Land Restoration Programme Establishing agroforestry tree nurseries and restoring degraded farmland through tree planting and sustainable land management. Over 1,003,072 agroforestry trees planted across programme counties.
• Solar Irrigation Programme Providing Sunculture-powered solar drip irrigation systems to enable year-round crop production independent of rainfall patterns, specifically targeting climate-vulnerable households in Tharaka Nithi County.
• Women's Economic Empowerment Programme Supporting women farmers through Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs), mechanization access, climate risk insurance, and decision-making agency programmes to increase their participation in agriculture and household economic decisions.
• Youth Entrepreneurship Programme Building youth capacity in leadership, governance, entrepreneurship, and agribusiness skills to increase employment and livelihood opportunities for young people in rural Kenya.
• Climate Risk Insurance Advisory Facilitating access to agricultural insurance products and providing technical advisory that protects smallholder farmers against weather-related crop failure and climate shocks.
• Bio-Fertilizer Training (Black Gold & Siesto Green) Training programme covering Black Gold bio-enriched compost (converting cow dung into premium organic fertilizer in one month) and Siesto Green Bio-Capsules (world's first encapsulated bio-fertilizers). Achieves 25-50% fertilizer cost reduction and 20%+ yield improvement.
• Advisory & Consultancy Services Fee-based advisory services drawing on 15+ years of field-tested expertise for development partners, governments, and private sector clients covering Climate-Smart Agriculture, monitoring & evaluation, capacity building, and natural resource management. Revenue is reinvested into core charitable programmes.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40% average crop yield increase for trained farmers
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Alinea InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerImplementing partner for Climate Action Africa (CAA) and TAI-061 programmes. Conducted external project evaluations, programme reviews, and provides technical assistance deployment in Kenya.
• Climate Risk Institute (CRI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerImplementing partner for TAI-061 and Climate Risk Insurance programmes. Expert deployment through EDM-CAA initiative. Provides gender expert support and climate adaptation technical guidance.
• Conservation Farming Unit (CFU), ZambiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical partner for Conservation Agriculture training and minimum tillage methodologies. Funded by NORAD for CARP and RCSAP programmes across Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.
• Cooperative League of USA (CLUSA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner on USAID Yes Youth Can! programme for youth empowerment in Kenya.
• BioVision Africa TrustminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublished collaboration on improving smallholder livelihoods through integrated agroecological approaches.
• Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner on TVET curriculum development for Climate Adaptive Agriculture and Solar PV Installation courses in Kenya.
• AGRA (Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPAFID participated in high-level AGRA convening welcoming new President Alice Ruhweza, affirming shared commitments to Africa's food systems transformation.
• PABRA (Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance at ICIPE)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMs. Landry from Global Affairs Canada recommended PAFID explore collaboration with PABRA to strengthen food security dimensions of TAI-061 programme.
• Cereal Growers AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint work with CGA in climate-smart cereal farming with smallholder farmers. PAFID featured in multiple CGA Facebook posts.
• SOFDIminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPAFID featured on SOFDI's global platform as implementing partner for Conservation Agriculture interventions in Kenya.
• Agrico East AfricaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgricultural inputs partner featured on Facebook recognising PAFID's work in climate-smart farming space across East Africa.
• St. Dominic Agricultural Training CentreminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerTraining venue for bio-fertilizer training at Juja Farm, hosting multi-county extension officer training programmes.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• World Relief: International humanitarian and development organisation operating agriculture, livelihoods, and resilience programmes in East Africa, with comparable community-led farmer extension models.
• SNV Netherlands Development Organisation: Large international development NGO with extensive agriculture, climate, and inclusive-market programmes across East Africa, including CSA and smallholder value-chain work that overlaps with PAFID's focus.
• CARE International: Major international NGO with sizable climate-resilient agriculture, women's economic empowerment, and food-security programmes across Kenya and East Africa, targeting similar smallholder segments.
• AGRA (Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa): Continental-scale agricultural development organisation with significantly larger budget and convening power; covers overlapping themes of smallholder productivity, climate adaptation, and CSA, and has engaged PAFID in convenings.

Direct peers

• Farm Africa: UK-based NGO implementing climate-resilient agriculture and smallholder market-linkage programs across East Africa, closely comparable in mission, methodology, and geographic footprint to PAFID.
• One Acre Fund: Large nonprofit serving smallholder farmers in Kenya and East Africa with input financing, training, and market access - overlapping directly with PAFID's smallholder CSA focus, though operating at significantly greater scale.
• Self Help Africa: International NGO delivering agriculture, climate adaptation, and enterprise programmes for African smallholders; highly comparable in scope, target beneficiaries, and funding model.
• BioVision Africa Trust: East African NGO promoting agroecological approaches and smallholder livelihoods; PAFID is a published collaborator and the organisations run overlapping farmer training and information programmes.
• Conservation Farming Unit (CFU) Zambia: Specialised Conservation Agriculture implementer across East and Southern Africa - a PAFID technical partner that uses the same minimum-tillage and CA Champion methodologies targeting smallholders.
• Kenya Markets Trust: Kenyan private-sector development NGO working on smallholder value chains and market access; PAFID is a past sub-grantee and the organisations address overlapping smallholder segments in Kenya.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Pafidke
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@PAFIDKenya
• Facebookfacebook.com/PAFIDCSA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pafid-kenya

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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