Everyone who eats must get involved.
Chanzo Kilimo Ltd is a farmer-enabling enterprise building a Community Grains Bank through contract farming. We connect farmers with land, quality inputs, training, storage and structured markets.
A farmer-enabling model, built for Kenya.
Smallholder farmers own the model — training, inputs and fair market access.
Idle farmland is GPS-mapped and organised into five-acre production blocks.
Every delivery is weighed, graded and receipted — with statements farmers can see.
Aggregated produce sold to serious buyers, with mobile-money payments to farmers.
Grown by Kenyan farmers, for Kenyan markets.
We focus on climate-smart crops with strong local demand — pulses, cassava and sweet potatoes — grown across our project regions.
- Nyota beans
- Green grams
- Pigeon peas
- Industrial starch
- High-quality cassava flour
- Orange-fleshed
- Food & processing grades
Active across Kenya's grain baskets.
From coastal cassava fields in Kilifi to pulses in Kitui and sweet potatoes in Embu and Kirinyaga — we work where the soil and seasons are right for each crop.
A simple, transparent journey from seed to market.
- Step 01Register
Farmers, landowners and sponsors sign up and are verified.
- Step 02Map the land
GPS-mapped farms are divided into productive five-acre blocks.
- Step 03Plant & support
Quality inputs, training and extension officers on the ground.
- Step 04Aggregate & store
Produce is graded, weighed and stored in the Grains Bank.
- Step 05Market & pay
Structured buyers, transparent pricing, mobile-money payments.
Three crop value chains, one Grains Bank.
We are launching operations across three climate-smart, high-demand crop programmes. Specific season plans and block listings will be published as they open for participation.
Pulses programme
Nyota beans, green grams, pigeon peas
Cassava programme
Industrial starch and high-quality cassava flour
Sweet potato programme
Orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP)
Everyone who eats must get involved. We are building a Community Grains Bank that turns idle land into productive five-acre blocks, connects farmers with training and inputs, and delivers structured markets — transparently.
Practical, farmer-focused knowledge.
Our knowledge centre is being prepared — planting calendars, agronomy guides and market bulletins for pulses, cassava and sweet potatoes.
Choosing a green gram variety for the short rains
Drying and storage best practice for pulses
From root to high-quality cassava flour
Why orange-fleshed sweet potato matters
Stay in the loop.
Get planting calendars, market prices and programme updates straight to your inbox.
Ready to grow with Chanzo Kilimo?
Whether you have land, want to farm, want to buy, or want to sponsor a five-acre block — there is a place for you in the Community Grains Bank.