1ST EDITION DIRECTORY OF CROSS BORDER VALUE CHAIN ACTORS; maize | rice | cassAVA | beef | milk | irish potATOES 1ST EDITION EASTERN AFRICA FARMERS’ FEDERATION (EAFF) NELLEON PLACE, RHAPTA ROAD PO. BOX 13747-00800 WESTLANDS, NAIROBI, KENYA FAX/TEL +254-20-445 1691 EMAIL: [email protected] Website: eaffu.org All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except brief extracts for the purposes of review, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher and copyright owner. TABLE OF CONTENTS DIRECTORY OF CROSS BORDER VALUE CHAIN ACTORS; maize | rice | cassAVA | beef | milk | irish potATOES EAFF PRESIDEnts’ ForEWORD XI EAFF CEO’s ForEWORD XII EAFF PROFILE XIII EAFF MEMBERSHIP LIST XV EAC EXPORT DOCUMENTATION XX THE 22 EAC HARMONIZED STAPLE FOODS STANDARDS XXI REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS XXII KenyaKENYA GRAIN MILLERS 4 MILK- COOP SOCIETIES & PROCESSORS 16 BEEF- SUPPLY, PROCESSING & packING 20 AGROVETS AND AGRO-MACHINERY 22 LOANS-AGRICULTURE & MICROFINANCE, UNIONS & COOPERATIVES 26 CASSAVA VaLUE CHAIN ACTORS 28 v IRISH POTATOES VALUE CHAIN ACTORS 30 TRANSPORTERS 32 WAREHOUSE OPERATORS 37 FREIGHT FORWARDERS 39 INSURANCE COMPANIES 40 STANDARDS BUREAU & PRIVATE SECTOR INSTITUTIONS 41 RwandaRWANDA GRAINS VALUE CHAIN ACTORS 46 MAIZE AND RICE 46 MILK VALUE CHAIN ACTORS 52 CASSAVA VALUE CHAIN ACTORS 54 BEEF VALUE CHAIN ACTORS 56 IRISH POTATOES VALUE CHAIN ACTORS 58 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 62 BANKS, MICRO FINANCE & FOREX BUREAUS 62 TRANSPORTERS 66 INSURANCE COMPANIES 69 vi DIRECTORY OF CROSS BORDER VALUE CHAIN ACTORS; maize | rice | cassAVA | beef | milk | irish potATOES UgandaUGANDA MAIZE VALUE CHAIN ACTORS 76 DEALERS, PROCESSORS & MILLERS 76 RICE VALUE CHAIN ACTORS 82 CASSAVA VALUE CHAIN ACTORS 86 MILK & BEEF VALUE CHAIN ACTORS 90 AGRO-MACHINERY & INPUT PROVIDERS 94 FINANCIERS-GENERAL 104 TRANSPORTERS & LOGISTICS 110 INSURANCE COMPANIES 113 STANDARDS BUREAU & PRIVATE SECTOR INSTITUTIONS 116 BurundiBURUNDI MAIZE, RICE, IRISH POTATOES & MILK VALUE CHAIN ACTORS 120 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 124 TRANSPORTERS 126 vii CREDITS EDITORIAL TEAM NZARAMBA STEVENSON (TEAM LEADER) DR. LARRY NDIVO TANZANIA SAMUEL SENTUMBWE Tanzania GRAINS VALUE CHAIN ACTORS 130 PROJECT ADVISOR STEPHEN MUCHIRI, MAIZE AND RICE 130 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, EAFF CASSAVA & IRISH POTATOES VALUE 134 LAYOUT & DESIGN CHAIN ACTORS BEEF VALUE CHAIN ACTORS 136 MILK VALUE CHAIN ACTORS 138 [email protected] AGRO-VETS & INPUT DEALERS 140 PUBLISHER EASTERN AFRICA FARMERS’ FEDERATION LOANS- AGRIC. & MICROFINANCE 144 Website: eaffu.org TRANSPORTERS 146 PRINTING & FINISHING FREIGHT FORWARDING & WAREHOUSE 149 OPERATORS INSURANCE COMPANIES 151 STANDARDS BUREAU & PRIVATE 152 SECTOR INSTITUTIONS [email protected] ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A EASTERN AFRICA FARMERS’ FEDERATION (EAFF) PROJECT SUPPorted BY SWISS AGENCY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND Special thanks to all our esteemed advertisers. Also, thanks to everyone, agency, institution and ministries that helped directly CORPoration (SDC) or indirectly in making this publication a success. All content herein is a copyright of the Publisher. 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Loans Refi nancing Advisory Services Leasing Trade Finance Deposit Taking Capacity Building Mortgage Financing Equity For further information, Please visit our website: www.brd.rw or call us on +250 (0) 252 575 079 - 80 Toll Free number 288 KENYA FARMERS FEDERATION (KENAFF) “The Farmer Voice” The Kenya National Farmers Federation (KENAFF) is a non-profit making and democratic member based um- brella organization of all farmers in Kenya. It represents the interest of 2 million farm families as the legitimate farmers voice with the objective of articulating issue affecting them through focused lobby and advocacy, tar- geted capacity building and promotion of sector stakeholders’ cohesiveness in dispensing and progressive uptake of agricultural innovations for enhanced social-economic status of the farmers Vision; “ A vibrant agricultural sector sustaining livelihood” Mission; “To progressively influence change in agricultural sector environments and promote agribusiness through targeted interventions KENFAP Key Service Include; Lobbying and Advocacy on agricultural policy provisions KENAFF HEADQUARTEROFFICES Representation of membership (Local, National, regional& international) Publicity and publication Capacity Building- Empowerment-Institutional Development and Organizational Strengthening (IDOS) Promotion of mitigation and adaptation innovations of Climate change, consultancy Extension and Training Services Program implementations KILIMO TALII COTTAGES Let your voice be heard… subscribe to KENAFF Contact us at: P.O Box 43148-00100 Nairobi, Kenya Tel: 254 20 6008324, Mobile: 254723903957 Email: [email protected]/[email protected] Website: www.kenaff.org Biogas Most Innovative, Profitable A Rural Safari located - and Preferred commercial Agri For improved livelihood Meru South -business company in Kenya EAFF Presidents’ FOREWORD service providers, potential suppliers, customers, producers and potential partners in business. The EAFF is a non-political, not-for-profit, democratic, regional umbrella network of smallholder farmers of Eastern Africa. Its membership is voluntary and it currently comprises national farmer federations, women organizations, commodity associations, co- operatives and advocacy-based organizations that are apex in nature. The EAFF is in ten (10) countries spread over East Africa Community (EAC) and the Horn of Africa (some COMESA members)– i.e. Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti; south Sudan and DR Congo (Kivu region) and has by association, a gross membership of over 20 million active farmers. The mandates of EAFF are Phillip KIRIRO, capacity building; representation; policy and advocacy. President, EAFF The EAFF has a strategic framework (2012-2020) that has 4 broad thrusts. The main thrust of the plan Dear Reader, is ‘commercialization through farmer enterprises’. To achieve this EAFF and her members have to be key I would like to take this opportunity first; to congratulate actors in their different value chains; to support their all stakeholders for their continued efforts towards role especially at the regional level- it will be imperative fostering and spearheading various development to invest in knowledge with respect to the entire initiatives at all levels aimed at agricultural regional integration process; and the programs being transformation from subsistence especially at small implemented by the Regional Economic Communities. scale level to agriculture as a business. I would like once again to take this opportunity to invite It is a great honor for us as Eastern Africa Farmers’ you to use the directory to network with other value Federation (EAFF) to share with you a Directory of chain actors across EAC Borders and in so doing Cross Border Value Chain Actors in 5 priority value increase inter country trade by small and medium chains. This Directory of Cross Border Value Chain agriculture enterprises and hence link our farmers to Actors, is the first of its kind in the region’s Agricultural regional markets and most importantly, contribute to history. This idea came up as a result of the need to regional integration processes. Our concerted efforts directly link farmers, buyers, processors, agricultural to promote integration of farmers into regional markets financiers, consumers, traders, service providers, will increase intra-regional agribusiness to beyond input suppliers, industrialists and other sector players 10% to do business. The directory will act as a database for traders, agribusiness practitioners, exporters, importers and investors to easily identify potential Phillip Kiriro President, EAFF xi EAFF CEO’s FOREWORD Cross border trade has been cited as one of the crucial tools of fighting food insecurity by creating employment and reducing supply variability in the deficit countries. While farmers are aware of the importance of cross border trade for their economic benefit, they do not always have knowledge of where regional markets are located and/