EnDev Innovation Window: Powering Resilient Agro-Pastoral Livelihoods: A Scalable Energy-as-a-Service Model for Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands

About this project

ThriveAgric hypothesises that agro-pastoral systems, integrating resilient crop production with livestock, offer a viable pathway for livelihood stability in arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) when supported by appropriate technologies. This project proposes a digitally enabled, end-to-end agricultural model powered by Productive Use of Energy (PUE) and delivered through an Energy-as a-Service (EaaS) framework. The aim is to enable pastoralist households to diversify into climate-resilient crops such as millet and sorghum, which are drought-tolerant, culturally accepted, and serve dual roles: as human food and as raw material for livestock feed. Solar-powered processing units will enable local value addition, including the production of high-energy livestock feed from crop residues, addressing seasonal feed scarcity and reducing reliance on commercial feed imports.

Published by

Netherlands Enterprise Agency · Government

Countries

Kenya

Sectors

Energy generation, renewable sources - multiple technologies

Focus

Climate mitigation · Main focus

Funded by

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Implemented by

ThriveAgric Kenya

Accountable

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Published by Netherlands Enterprise Agency to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 26 Aug 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: NL-KVK-27378529-END5S2509.

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