Kenya's smallholder farmers produce most of the country's food but remain largely locked out of affordable credit.
By
Dan Karuga
Incoming CEO
Juhudi Kilimo
Somewhere in Meru County, a smallholder farmer named Murimi is making a calculation he knows all too well. The long rains are here. His soil is prepped and ready. Yet, the certified seeds and fertiliser he needs might as well be locked behind a vault.
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