Funding Partners

• NARIGP, Murang’a County Government

Raw milk prices paid to Murang’a’s dairy farmers have stagnated at around Ksh 35 per litre for years, squeezing profitability even as the same milk fetches a much higher price once pasteurized and sold in urban markets like Thika and Nairobi. This study assessed the feasibility of installing a milk pasteurization unit at Kangari United Dairy Cooperative Society’s existing facility, which already has a permanent building, four milk coolers with a combined 16,000-litre capacity, and standby power.
The study found the investment could let the cooperative pasteurize and sell part of its aggregated milk directly into the informal urban market, capturing value currently going to traders and centralized processors, and improving margins for the cooperative’s smallholder members.

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Funding Partners

• NARIGP, Murang’a County Government

Murang’a is Kenya’s leading avocado county, but farmers currently capture only a fraction of the crop’s value — selling individually to middlemen at around Ksh 30-40 per kg against a world market price nearer Ksh 288 per kg, with up to 40% of production lost to poor handling. To address this, three feasibility studies were carried out for proposed avocado aggregation centres, each assessing site suitability, producer organization readiness, market linkages, and financial viability (including a 5-year income and cash flow projection).
The studies were done for the Murang’a Avocado Farmers’ Cooperative Union (MAVOC) proposed site at Kibereke, Ndariaini in Kandara Sub-County; a second proposed site in Kandara Sub-County; and a third proposed site in Kahuro Sub-County (MOHONET). Each site was assessed for land availability, water access, power supply, and road connectivity, with all three found to have suitable land already secured by the respective producer organizations.

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