OnlyPlants

Kenya faces recurring droughts, soil degradation, and limited access to affordable, nutritious foods, yet climate‑resilient indigenous crops like the Bambara nut remain underutilized and undervalued. At the same time, smallholder farmers lack profitable markets and opportunities for value addition, while consumers have few accessible plant‑based nutrition options. This combination of underused climate‑smart crops, low farmer incomes, and limited dietary diversity leaves communities vulnerable to climate shocks and persistent food insecurity.

Bambara nut is a climate‑resilient indigenous food crop that thrives in dry conditions and improves soil health. OnlyPlants mobilizes and trains smallholders to convert underutilized Bambara nuts into nutrient‑dense plant milk and value‑added products.

Farmer training, field trials and traceability testing confirmed Bambara’s superior nutrition and storage benefits and the willingness of farmers to not only produce but consume Bambara nut value-added products such as Bambara milk during dry seasons. Digital onboarding and offtake arrangements improved market readiness and scaling potential.