The SME Grant Facility under the PLACE Programme supports small and medium-sized enterprises in Kenya to strengthen climate resilience and livestock-based livelihoods.
The grant facility focuses on enhancing climate resilience, promoting sustainable livestock systems, strengthening pastoral livelihoods, supporting climate-resilient pastoral and agro-pastoral market systems, improving livestock value chains, expanding SME operations, improving productivity, strengthening market access, increasing value addition, and contributing to more resilient livelihoods in pastoral areas.
The SME Grant Facility is part of the Pastoralism and Livestock Adaptation to Climate Change in Eastern Africa Programme (PLACE). It is funded by the European Union and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The programme supports innovative and scalable enterprises working within livestock and pastoral systems.
The facility provides milestone-based matching grants combined with business development services to help enterprises grow their operations and improve efficiency. It is designed to strengthen enterprises working in livestock value chains across pastoral and agro-pastoral systems.
Successful applicants may receive matching grants ranging from USD 5,000 to USD 15,000. Applicants are required to contribute a minimum of 25 percent cash co-contribution toward the total investment cost. Eligible enterprises must also have an annual turnover below USD 100,000.
Eligible applicants are small and medium-sized enterprises operating in Kenya with solutions that support climate adaptation in livestock and pastoralism sectors. Businesses must be registered and/or operating in the PLACE programme target counties, including Mandera, Narok, Kajiado, Turkana, and West Pokot.
Applicants must operate in or support pastoral and agro-pastoral value chains, including milk and dairy products, red meat processing and trade, live animal trade, fodder production, processing and supply, honey and apiculture products, and agro-forestry.
For more information, visit FAO.
