AGROBLUE- Promoting Sustainable Agriculture and Blue Economy in Kenya

About this project

The 36-month AGROBLUE project will be implemented in four sub-counties (Galole, Tana Delta, Msambweni, Lunga Lunga) of Kwale and Tana River counties in Kenya. The project grew out of the experience gained by ACF, CEFA, the local CSO MWARP and the Milan Politecnico, together with national and county public and private stakeholders in initiatives to promote resilient agricultural models, water access and blue economy. It involves as key stakeholders the public authorities of the two counties (Ministry of Agriculture and Health), to ensure institutional sustainability, and responds to farmers' and fishermen's concerns regarding low productivity, high post-harvest and fishing losses, limited livelihoods, inadequate dietary habits, specific gender barriers, and limited economic participation of women in production activities. The strategy contributes to increasing food security, income, and resilience to food crises caused by natural disasters for the people of Kenya (OG) through the adoption of sustainable small-scale food production systems, artisanal fisheries, and other blue economy-related activities. The proposed practices are resilient, climate-smart Allegato 2_Modello Documento Unico di Progetto_DUP_Bando Promossi 2023 8 and gender-appropriate, preventing degradation of natural ecosystems and diversifying sources of income (SO). The objectives are pursued by acting on three main components: (R1) Direct interventions on production assets to introduce improved practices of…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 2Zero Hunger
• 12Responsible Consumption and Production
• 13Climate Action
• 15Life on Land

Published by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development · Government

Countries

Kenya

Sectors

Agricultural developmentAgricultural servicesHousehold food security programmes

Focus

Gender equality · Main focusDisaster risk reduction · Main focusNutrition · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesBiodiversity · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Main focusDesertification · Also contributes

Funded by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development

Implemented by

AZIONE CONTRO LA FAME ITALIA ONLUS - ACF ITA ONLUS

Accountable

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development

Published by AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 5 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-6-4-013244-12-3.

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