Maendeleo Agricultural Technology Fund (MATF) has been a grant making initiative from 2002 to 2011 that has enabled smallholder farmers in rural and peri-urban communities in East Africa to access new agricultural technologies, gain skills; and be linked to profitable markets. The Maendeleo Agricultural Enterprise Fund (MAEF) is a new FARM-Africa initiative that builds on MATF with the aim of developing initiatives that support small-scale farmers to be enterprising. More...

Members of the MATF Advisory Panel during their 18th meeting at a Naivasha Hotel in Kenya. The meeting marked the ending of MATF initiative.

Call for Concept Notes and Call for Applications for Advisory Panel Members

FARM-Africa has opened a call for concept notes as well as a call for applications for advisory panel members for its new initiative, the Maendeleo Agricultural Enterprise Fund (MAEF). MAEF will award grants to projects that will help small-scale farmers to adopt appropriate new technologies that build on their traditional skills to increase their agricultural output; add value to crops through improved post-harvest handling and simple agro-processing techniques; and link farmers to profitable markets thereby maximising their gains. More...

Participants in a discussion during the launch of MAEF in a Nairobi Hotel in Kenya.

FARM-Africa recently launched its newest initiative, the Maendeleo Agricultural Enterprise Fund (MAEF) that is shifting from the traditional technological based agricultural activities of the Maendeleo Agricultural Technology Fund (MATF) to the enterprise based. More...