Objectives & activities
Farm’Innov is a cooperation and technical assistance project between Kenya and France that aims to support innovation and competitiveness in Kenya’s agricultural and agri-food sectors, in order to support the strengthening of food security in Kenya, and build a sustainable partnership on these issues between France & Kenya, through the sharing of experience between Kenyan institutional and private players and those from Western France.
4 main objectives
- To strengthen mutual understanding of the Kenyan and French actors: France and Kenya being 2 agricultural and agri-food leaders in their respective regions.
- To encourage the sharing of experiences and expertise in the agri-food sector in France and Kenya.
- To support Kenyan actors in the deployment of their strategies and their investments thanks to a sharing of expertise and experience that may come from French public or private actors.
- To stimulate the interest of French companies and actors to invest and develop their activities in Kenya by ensuring the development of solid and sustainable partnerships.
Activities
To achieve the expected goal, several activities will punctuate the project over 2 years:
- Private sector support and partnership building:
> Business acceleration program,
> Training seminars. - Sharing experiences in the agricultural and agri-food sectors and strenghtening cooperation:
> Discovery missions in France,
> Expert missions in Kenya.
Expected impacts: providing technical support to the Kenyan private sector, strengthening Kenyan food safety, creating bridges of cooperation between the French and Kenyan private sectors.
Team
In France
A fully mobilized project team, with complementary skills from the Valorial competitiveness cluster team:
Jean-Luc
Perrot
Blandine
Fortin
Lola
Nicolas
Céline
Le Stunff
Christophe
Jan
In Kenya
Adèle Guérin, Farm’Innov Project Officer, based at the French Kenyan Chamber of Commerce in Nairobi, in direct contact with Kenyan players and French partners in Kenya.
Adèle Guérin
“As an agri-development engineer specializing in Southern issues, and after several experiences in rural development in the Philippines, Tunisia, Brazil and the Caribbean, it is with passion and determination that I commit myself to the Farm’Innov project in Kenya. It is an honor for me to put my skills and experience at the service of the Kenyan private sector, which plays a major role in the country’s development and food security, and to contribute to the creation of win-win partnerships between Kenyan SMEs and those of the French West.”
Adèle Guérin, Farm’Innov Project Officer
About Valorial:
Major network dedicated to responsible agri-food innovation with a European and international reach, Valorial brings together 400 members (companies, research centres and higher education bodies), mainly located in Brittany, Pays de la Loire and Normandy, and a community of over 10,000 innovators focusing on smarter food. Valorial advises and supports them in their research and innovation initiatives and projects, which create value for all concerned, based on a shared desire to move towards more sustainable agricultural and agri-food systems and to offer food products that meet the aspirations of their French and foreign customers. Valorial has been awarded the French Competitiveness Cluster label and the European Cluster Management Excellence/Gold label.
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Project partners
Building a sustainable partnership is a key priority for both France and Kenya Farm’Innov partners.
Farm’Innov gathers together:
With the support of:
