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Maize H629 Highland (2kg)
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Grafted Hass Avocado Seedlings
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Across the dry, sparsely populated lands that extend across large areas of northern Kenya, semi-nomadic herding communities – or pastoralists – have survived for centuries by grazing their cattle, sheep, goats, camels and donkeys over vast distances in perpetual rainfall-driven cycles.
Pastoralism has always been challenging and in many ways, it’s getting harder. Droughts seem to be growing longer, harsher and more unpredictable as climate change scrambles the meteorological order of these areas.
Offering an economic lifeline that could help stabilize pastoralists are new market opportunities generated by sub-Saharan Africa’s rapidly growing demand for meat and milk. But there’s a major obstacle preventing many pastoralists from seizing these opportunities: the lack of access to diagnostic, preventative and curative services and products that can help protect their animals against an array of health threats like trypanosomiasis, rinderpest and worm infestations—afflictions that can either kill livestock or make them too sick to be of any economic value.
Veterinary services, vaccines and drugs are available in most parts of the country, but the (mistaken) perception of low demand, sparse population and perceived high investment risk has led to huge swathes of Northern Kenya being severely under-served by nearly all public- and private-sector services. Today, there are government-funded efforts to provide veterinary vaccination services to pastoralists, but these are limited mainly to “trade sensitive” problems—endemic diseases that can harm export opportunities. That means many deadly or debilitating livestock health problems go largely unattended. Further complicating the situation are widespread reports of pastoralists encountering inept or outright fraudulent vendors, leaving them wary of private veterinary service providers.
Bringing Quality Commercial Veterinary Care to Pastoralist Communities
Over the last few years, several new initiatives have been launched to put commercial providers of veterinary services in regular contact with pastoralists and their herds. To facilitate and evaluate these efforts, TechnoServe’s Innovations in Outcomes Measurement (IOM) project is partnering with the Nairobi-based International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), along with Kenya Markets Trust (KMT), to implement and evaluate three different approaches, to determine whether these approaches are improving animal health for pastoralists, and if those improvements are leading to increased profitability.
Equally important, IOM is evaluating whether the increased contact with pastoralists is boosting profits for commercial veterinary service providers. The success or failure of the different efforts will ultimately depend on whether they offer a business model that makes servicing pastoral communities financially sustainable for commercial providers.
Approach #1 – The Weekly Circuit:
In Garissa County, in Northeast Kenya, IOM is assessing ILRI’s effort to establish a regular weekly circuit in which commercial service providers—mostly in the company of government veterinarians—travel to watering points, markets and villages where pastoralists often gather with large numbers of animals to offer the full range of animal health services that are allowed by law; tick control, hoof trimming, dehorning, castration, pregnancy diagnosis, treatments, sale of veterinary inputs and dissemination of advice from extension services.
Alow Dahir Ahmed, who owns Garissa AgroVet in the town of Garissa, says there is an incredible demand for veterinary services and inspired him to be more aggressive in seeking out customers. Overall, this new proactive approach is having positive impact on sales, and his business is thriving. In May of 2015, Alow generated US$4400 in sales. One year later, sales had more than doubled to US$9700.
Approach #2 – Bundling Businesses
In Isiolo and Marsabit Counties, ILRI and IOM are working with the Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) and Sidai Africa, which operates veterinary health franchises across Kenya, to pilot the packaging of commercial veterinary products and services with government or NGO-operated animal health campaigns. The goal: a cheaper single bundle of products and services that is more attractive to the consumer.
Sidai representatives ended up selling products and services to deal with problems like worms, trypanosomiasis, tick infestation and various bacterial infections, including pneumonia and enterotoxaemia—an often fatal but vaccine-preventable livestock disease. Overall, sales during the campaign helped the Sidai franchise exceed its monthly revenue target by 20 percent.
The bundling effort was not without challenges. There were several herders who were confused by the fact that some services were provided for free from the government, but others required
payment. This issue is now on the wane, however, given that as the provision of commercial services in pastoral areas expands, services and products are provided where and when they are needed, and relationships are strengthened between commercial service providers and pastoral communities.
Approach #3 – Microfranchises:
In Turkana County in northwest Kenya, IOM is evaluating a partnership between KMT and a local provider, Silo Agrovet, to improve veterinary products and services offered via a network of small, satellite micro franchises housed within 18 small retail shops that operate in villages across the county.
Silo’s new satellite agents also are learning basic book keeping practices to record sales of veterinary supplies and developing systems to track their outreach to pastoralists. Already, some of the agents have been able to either move with the pastoralists to provide veterinary products and services as they migrate to new locations, or meet up with them at watering points on market days.
KMT is also reaching out to manufacturers and distributers of livestock vaccines and drugs to ensure a steady stream of affordable, high-quality products are available to enable Silo to rapidly scale-up its offerings in Turkana. The increased sales volume generated by the satellite stores should allow Silo to negotiate with suppliers for discounts on bulk purchases.
Measuring Benefits for Pastoralists
IOM estimates that the total potential incremental profit of these new models for linking agrovets to pastoralists will exceed US$9,000 annually per household. This translates into nearly US$14 million in benefits across 1,500 households in the first year alone. If these services reach the 60,000 projected households, profitability to pastoralists could exceed a total US$1 billion by the year 2021.
IOM conservatively anticipates a 14 percent reduction in herd sickness and a 13 percent reduction in herd mortality amongst pastoralists accessing these services. These numbers translate into significant, tangible value for pastoralists in terms of increased milk production, the value of the animals themselves and the value of future calves born from surviving livestock. There is also likely to be a reduction in threats to animal health as encounters with counterfeit products and fraudulent services diminish in favour of high quality mobile services. Furthermore, despite increased expenditures on vaccinations, IOM anticipates a net 15 percent in cost-savings based on reduced costs of treating sick and dying animals, and reduced traveling and lodging expenses incurred by pastoralists who otherwise are forced to journey to distant towns to purchase supplies.
Measuring Benefits for Agrovets
Data from the initial set of mobile service circuits is very impressive indeed – agrovet businesses have made over US$10,600 in increased monthly profits from each of the pilot regions alone.
This translates into combined incremental profits from all commercial providers of approximately US$385,000 in the first year and nearly US$29 million over five years, assuming a gradual growth in coverage from commercial providers from 1,500 pastoralists to a conservative 60,000 pastoralists by 2021. These numbers were calculated based on feedback from Sidai and other livestock veterinary service providers. They represent the increased profitability potential for all agrovets in the region gained by boosting sales of animal health supplies and services to pastoralists. Profit estimates are based on the conservative assumption that each agrovet will serve approximately 2,000 farmers, and 27 percent of farmers will seek treatment for at least one animal.
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Maize H629 Highland (2kg)
KSh 450.00Original price was: KSh 450.00.KSh 420.00Current price is: KSh 420.00.Read moreMaize H629 Highland is a high-yielding maize variety that is well adapted to high altitude areas in East Africa, particularly in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda. This hybrid maize variety is known for its high yield potential, good disease resistance, and tolerance to drought and low soil fertility.
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Coopers Triatix Stock Spray
KSh 107.00 – KSh 315.00Select optionsTriatix EC is a highly effective ectoparaciticide used for the control of single and multi-host ticks, mange mites, keds, biting and sucking lice on cattle, sheep, goats, camels, pigs and dogs. Triatix is highly effective against strains of ticks that are resistant to pyrethroids and organophosphorus chemicals.
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Fugo Starter Crumbs
KSh 1,100.00 – KSh 5,320.00Select optionsFast Gro Fugo Starter Crumbs: A complete meal for broiler chicks that provide proper bone development for faster and uniform growth as well as resistance to feed borne diseases while maintaining a high growth rate and feed conversion ratio.
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Bedlam 200SL Pesticide 1L
KSh 6,000.00Original price was: KSh 6,000.00.KSh 5,750.00Current price is: KSh 5,750.00.Add to cartBedlam 200sl is a pesticide used to control bed bugs, cockroaches, dust mites, fleas, lice, ticks, and other insects. It is odorless, highly effective, and kills insects for many days after initial application. The prolonged residual action makes if particularly effective for hard-to-eliminate pests like bedbugs.
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Garden Water Hose Pipe Reel
KSh 6,800.00 – KSh 8,200.00Select optionsEasy to carry
Convenient for storage
Environmental protection material water hose
Cold and pressure resistant
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SPINACH INDIAN PALAK 4GM
KSh 250.00Vendor: KamauStore0 out of 5Add to cart- Partial sunlight (summer), full sunlight (winter)
- Water everyday
- Can grow on the balcony or terrace
- Harvest in 4-5 weeks
- All seasons
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Heavy Duty Gumboots
KSh 3,000.00Original price was: KSh 3,000.00.KSh 2,530.00Current price is: KSh 2,530.00.Add to cartInjection molded construction for 100% waterproof protection. Flexible upper material stays supple in cold temperatures to make walking easier. Tougher and flexible outsole material for good abrasion resistance. Self cleaning outsole, spits out debris as you walk. Excellent for use in: construction, farming, agriculture and aquaculture.
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Duduthrin
KSh 3,200.00Original price was: KSh 3,200.00.KSh 2,720.00Current price is: KSh 2,720.00.Add to cart1L
A contact insecticide for control of Diamond Back Moth and Aphids in Cabbages and Kales, sucking and chewing insects in Beans and tomatoes, aphids, thrips and whiteflies in roses, aphids in Wheat and Barley, Maize stalk borer and armyworms in Maize.
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Sticky Traps 20 Pack
KSh 7,500.00Original price was: KSh 7,500.00.KSh 6,250.00Current price is: KSh 6,250.00.Add to cartSticky traps are glue-based traps which are frequently used in pest control to catch insects and other pests. The sticky traps consist of a sticky glue layer mounted on a piece of cardboard that is tailored into any structure to protect the sticky surface.
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Milking Machine
KSh 85,000.00Original price was: KSh 85,000.00.KSh 79,500.00Current price is: KSh 79,500.00.Add to cartOur portable milking machines are widely used in small, medium and large farms. It consists of a vacuum pump, milk pulsator, motor, the claw, liners, rubber tubes and milk bucket. Has low power consumption, stable performance, easy operation, compact, lightweight makes it an ideal choice for most farmers.
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RUSSET F1 ONION
KSh 8,100.00 – KSh 33,360.00Select optionsRusset F1 onion variety is a strong plant and matures early.
Russet F1 onion bulbs are very firm, have red flesh color, and can be stored for 3-3.5 months.
The variety has shown strong resistance to Pink root.
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Amistar fungicide
KSh 5,000.00Original price was: KSh 5,000.00.KSh 4,650.00Current price is: KSh 4,650.00.Add to cartAmistar is a strobilurin fungicide based on naturally occurring substances found in certain species of wild mushrooms. The active ingredient in Amistar, azoxystrobin, controls a very wide spectrum of disease in wheat and barley. AMISTAR not only controls the key late-season flag leaf and ear diseases that erode yield and quality, but also promotes a …
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