GROOTS Kenya has implemented this project from 2012 to 2016 in partnership with the World Bank & Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF). The first of its kind under the World Bank-managed trust fund, the overall aim is to contribute to women’s economic empowerment and improved livelihoods through enhanced agricultural production and access to markets. The underlying rationale is to equip women with relevant knowledge and skills as well as improve their leadership and organizational capabilities to enable them to become drivers of their own social and economic transformation in Nakuru and Kitui Counties with a focus on the dairy, horticulture & indigenous chicken value chain.