women inclusion
Women play a very significant role in the agricultural value chains in Kenya. For the sector to grow and poverty eradication, there is a dire need to encourage women and support their participation in the sector.
key challenges
Resources
Women tend to lag behind men due to the gender inequalities that persist in respect of access to, control over and utilisation of productive resources such as land and livestock.
Financial Services
There are still restrictions to women’s access to and control over assets that can be used as collateral such as land. For example, biases in land inheritance rights, which favour male relatives.
Education
Women tend to have lower education levels in rural areas, presenting a big challenge to building capacity, improving competitiveness and strengthening their linkage to our markets.
Technology
There is little to low access and adoption of technologies by women farmers. This has gravely affected their agricultural yields and thereby their income.
our commitment
Women represent a considerable share (about two-thirds of the total agricultural labour force) in the Agricultural value chain as individual producers, agricultural workers, processors, marketers and more.
Therefore, we at Mae Plus Limited, whenever we can, we are committed to:
- Engage female farmers in fair-trade practices, recognizing that the sector is heavily dominated by men – placing women at a slight disadvantage.
- Support women-led farms with the supply of organic manure and other compost food waste.
- Provide training to women to want to embark into agriculture on good agricultural practices, and help them build capacity to remain competitive in the craft.
- Support women-led agricultural produce wholesale/retail businesses in rural areas with credit purchases and flexible repayment plans.