💼 Value Addition and Entrepreneurship Program

🌱 What We Do

We train and support farmers and community members to add value to local produce such as:

• 🥔 Roots and Tubers – turning them into nutritious flours and other food products.

• 🍯 Honey – supporting safe harvesting and packaging to increase market value.

• 🌿 Herbs and Spices – processing and packaging for culinary and medicinal use.

• 🥛 Milk – exploring safe preservation and value-added dairy products.

• 🍎 Fruits – promoting drying, juicing, and natural preserves.

To ensure sustainability, COSDEP has also established an organic market outlet where these products can be sold affordably and conveniently, directly linking producers to consumers.

🌍 Why It Matters

• Economic Growth: Families boost their incomes through entrepreneurship and diversified livelihoods.

• Food Security & Nutrition: Value-added products increase the availability of affordable, nutritious food.

• Biodiversity Conservation: By using organic, locally grown crops, communities protect ecosystems.

• Empowerment & Ownership: Farmers gain confidence as they take part in profitable, sustainable enterprises.

📌 Projects in Value Addition & Entrepreneurship

✅ Completed Projects:

• 🥔 Upscaling value addition of root and tubers for increased production, consumption, and income in Kiambu County

✨ With this program, COSDEP transforms farming communities into entrepreneurs and innovators, proving that sustainable agriculture can also mean sustainable businesses.