Legacy Project
Kenya Smallholder Solar Irrigation Project (KSSI)
Project Timeline: April 30, 2011 - February 28, 2017
Country: Kenya
Program Areas: Access to Finance, Agriculture, Clean Energy & Circular Economy, Water and Climate Change
Contact: Jennifer Holthaus, JHolthaus@winrock.org
In rural Kenya, solar water pumps (SWPs) can help smallholder farmers save on fuel costs, increase acreage, and grow more than one crop a year. However, many farmers don’t know about these benefits or lack credit options to purchase their own SWPs. The USAID-funded Kenya Smallholder Solar Irrigation project (KSSI) works to accelerate commercial sales of SWPs to small farmers through demonstrations, product assessments and technical assistance to SWP retailers and financial institutions.
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