Established in July 2005 through funding from the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, the Kilimo Trust focuses its work on finding and putting into use innovations leading to market-led sustainable agriculture for development in East Africa.  

The Kilimo Trust has a Vision of Broad-based Wealth Creation in East Africa through agriculture and agri-business. It is a Trust Registered in the Republic of Uganda, with International Trustees and headquartered in Kampala. The mandate of the Trust cuts across the countries that are members of the East African Community. It was established in 2005 and its work focuses on finding and putting into use innovations leading to market-led sustainable agriculture for development in East Africa.

Kilimo Trust also owns a majority interest in an investment company, African Agricultural Capital, which provides risk capital to SMEs operating in the agriculture value chain in East Africa in ways which benefit smallholder farmers and local economies.

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