Hellen Onyango
Team Leader in Homa Bay, Kenya
Hi there! I am a youthful leading cereal grain aggregator in Western Kenya, primarily based in Homa-Bay County but with a reach to parts of Migori and Kisumu Counties which border Homabay County.
I support small scale grain producers in the region to apply market led information and technology to grow cereals for definite markets.
Am a procurement specialist with a first degree in Procurement & passionate about applying my skills and knowledge in supply chain management to assist small scale cereal producers access grain markets with ease and leverage their advantages to obtain fair prices for their grain.
I also actively mentor a youth group, FAIR PRICE YOUTH group to assist young people obtain gainful employment but at the same time hone their skills in enterprise development and entrepreneurship in order to make meaningful contribution to the Kenyan Economy.
My vision for the food value chain include interventions in value addition for the varied locally produced semi commercial crops to infuse food security at the basic home level and to create value that will be monetized to benefit the local producers.
My interests in the crop value chain crops are Sorghum, Soy beans, Cassava, Sweet Potato and Maize.