About PAFID Kenya: climate-smart agriculture for smallholder farmers
Our vision: to uplift the living standards of Kenya’s rural population by integrating development approaches into their livelihoods.
Participatory Approaches for Integrated Development (PAFID Kenya) is a Nairobi-based NGO founded in 2006. We are among Kenya’s leading trainers in conservation agriculture and climate-smart agriculture, helping smallholder farmers in 25 counties grow more food on healthier soil, cope with drought, and earn more from their harvests.
Our mission: an effective organisation responsive to issues of food security, maximising the use and management of participatory approaches in integrated development, leading to vibrant, equitable and sustainable communities.
How we work: farmer-to-farmer extension
We train farmers hands-on, in their own fields. Our agribusiness coordinators mentor volunteer lead farmers, our CSA Champions, who demonstrate new practices and pass them on to their neighbours. Through Farmer Service Centres, we also train mechanisation and spraying service providers to offer climate-smart services as a business, so adoption keeps growing after a programme ends.
The practices we promote include minimum tillage, agroforestry, integrated soil fertility management (ISFM), integrated pest management (IPM), good agricultural practices, water harvesting and solar irrigation. We also advocate for climate-smart agriculture policies at county and national level.
Our impact since 2006
- 200,000+
- smallholder farmers reached
- 25
- counties across Kenya
- 50,000+
- acres under conservation agriculture
- 1M+
- agroforestry trees planted
- 40%
- average yield increase for adopters
- US$8.5M+
- programmes delivered
Our programme record
| Programme | Years | Partner | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Green Up Kenya | 2023–2026 | Fondation Groupe EDF | Solar irrigation, Tharaka Nithi |
| TAI-061 | Ongoing | Global Affairs Canada (EDM-CAA) | Women’s finance and mechanisation |
| Farm to Market Alliance (FtMA) | 2020–2023 | World Food Programme | 100,000+ farmers trained, 30,000+ acres converted to CA |
| Regional Climate Smart Agriculture Programme | 2017–2021 | Conservation Farming Unit, NORAD-funded | Drought-prone Makueni, Kitui and Meru |
| Conservation Agriculture Regional Programme | 2011–2015 | Conservation Farming Unit, COMESA / Norway | 100,000+ farmers trained in 11 counties |
| Yes Youth Can! | 2011–2015 | CLUSA, USAID-funded | Youth leadership and enterprise |
| Market Assistance Programme | 2012–2014 | Kenya Markets Trust | Conservation agriculture for cotton farmers |
| PALWECO | 2014 | Governments of Kenya and Finland | Conservation agriculture in Busia County |
We also work with Egerton University, South Eastern Kenya University, KALRO, the Ministry of Agriculture, FAO, the African Conservation Tillage Network and the Cereal Growers Association, and exchange learning with partners in Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Ghana. Our work has featured on Citizen TV’s Shamba Shape Up, NTV’s Food Friday and K24’s Kilimo Biashara. Explore our programmes.
Governance and accountability
PAFID is a member organisation governed by an elected Board of Management, which sets strategy and oversees policy. Day-to-day work is led by our CEO and management team in Nairobi, with regional and county coordinators in the field. Our values are partnership, real change in farmers’ lives, evidence-based learning, integrity and transparency, excellence in delivery, and respectful relationships.
- Board of Management
- Charles Oranga, Sharald Oteyo, Paul Sitati, Beth Syengo, Linet Muganda
- Chief Executive Officer
- Colin Gunson
- Registration
- Registered with the NGO Coordination Board in 2006, Reg. No. OP.218/051/2006/013/4075
- Office
- Kipro Centre, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya
- Contact
- info@pafidkenya.org · 0780 318 628
- Policies
- Privacy Policy and Safeguarding Policy
Kipro Centre, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya 
