October 2013

Procurement Governance for Home Grown School

Feeding

KENYA

SOME FACTS

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• 30 Billion Dollar Investment

• 29 Million Children are fed in Africa

• Over 1 Million in Kenya

• Current Budget is over KES 2 Billion

• Over 50,000 children transitioned every year from

regular school Feeding to HGSF

• SNV baseline study did not find significant

involvement of SHF in this market

• Challenges both on procurement and supply sides

• SF still a big opportunity of eradicating poverty

alternative to aid

Some facts on school feeding

Project Purpose

26,000 smallholder farmers, at least

30% women, will get direct benefits

from selling products to

Home Grown School Feeding in

Ghana, Kenya and Mali

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The Interventions

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Matchmaking events

Grain Hub Business model

Grain Business Hub

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Some achievements and Challenges encounteredAchievements

Awareness of the HGSF market by SHF & MOA

Revision of the procurement manual to be more SHF friendly

About 15 FBOs have been able to supply schools either directly or indirectly

Key stakeholders have started engaging each other on issues of HGSF

Challenges

Irregular funds disbursement resulting in inconsistencies of proc. cycles

Grain stock outs by FBOs; Grain available only a few months after harvest

Poor storage facilities and poor grain handling by SHF

Limited financial base for the SHF to trade all year round

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