FLC: Green Resources Initiative - Pro-youth and women partnership for innovative post-harvest fruit processing and value addition The main objective of the project is to advance technological innovation along fruit value chain support youth and women led institutions through agro-entrepreneurship to harness existing and new opportunities. The project will support the youth towards cr
eating an innovation hub by establishing a commercially ?oriented fruit value chain enterprise along fruit processing diversification quality management value addition and establishing market linkages for both modern and traditional markets as well as equi
p them with entrepreneurship skills income and reduced post-harvest losses. The project will also link farmers through the youth groups to private exporters and ensure that they are contracted as out-growers to offer supply to direct market. The project wi
ll contribute to increased job opportunities for women and youth through creating the much needed employment along the entire value chain. It will develop capacity on market and entrepreneurial skills of youth and women by supporting innovations and startu
ps that will create jobs and increase income streams from agro-processing market-responsive production and reduced post-harvest loses. It will bring on board local and regional partners engage the private sector and other players in the entire value chain 
for increased income and do away with middle men exploitation. The project will also establish linkages with the County government to support it financially for sustainability and scaling. The project will also support an information/innovation hub for peo
ple to utilize as a learning and information dissemination centre. The project will support over 2000 youth and women. The main objective of the project is to advance technological innovation along fruit value chain support youth and women led institutions through agro-entrepreneurship to harness existing and new opportunities. The project will support the youth towards cr
eating an innovation hub by establishing a commercially ?oriented fruit value chain enterprise along fruit processing diversification quality management value addition and establishing market linkages for both modern and traditional markets as well as equi
p them with entrepreneurship skills income and reduced post-harvest losses. The project will also link farmers through the youth groups to private exporters and ensure that they are contracted as out-growers to offer supply to direct market.  The project w
ill contribute to increased job opportunities for women and youth through creating the much needed employment along the entire value chain. It will develop capacity on market and entrepreneurial skills of youth and women by supporting innovations and start
ups that will create jobs and increase income streams from agro-processing market-responsive production and reduced post-harvest loses. It will bring on board local and regional partners engage the private sector and other players in the entire value chain
 for increased income and do away with middle men exploitation. The project will also establish linkages with the County government to support it financially for sustainability and scaling. The project will also support an information/innovation hub for pe
ople to utilize as a learning and information dissemination centre. The project will support over 2000 youth and women.