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Freshco
Kenya
Freshco is a Kenyan company that sells high yield hybrid seed primarily maize to small scale farmers. Maize seed that is optimized for the climates of Kenya s various regions can produce up to two times more grain per hectare than ordinary seed. Maize production is essential to Kenya s fragile food security but droughts in recent years have devastated harvests. By providing better seed to Kenyan farmers Freshco is helping to feed a nation in which nearly three million people don t have enough to eat.
| Agriculture, forestry & fishing |
Company
Nyirefami
United Republic of Tanzania
Located in Arusha Tanzania Nyirefami Ltd purchases processes and exports millet wheat sorghum and bananas. By purchasing millet and other crops at premium prices from more than 500 small scale producers Nyirefami creates higher incomes for its producers. It also contributes to efforts to improve food security in Tanzania by selling its highly nutritious millet flour to local mothers and their infants.
| Agriculture, forestry & fishing |