Homa Bay, Kenya

Stronger harvests.
Resilient
futures.

We build practical agricultural systems around clean cassava seed, fair markets, appropriate mechanization, and climate-smart farming.

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A thriving cassava field in Lambwe Valley, Homa Bay

Making more possible From clean seed to market-ready harvests

Lambwe Valley
Western Kenya

700+ Farmers in our growing network

14 Acres under cassava cultivation

1,000 m³ Rainwater harvesting capacity

60% Women participation target

What we do 01

Resilience, built from the ground up

We connect every step between a healthy crop and a dependable income.

Smallholder farmers need more than inputs. Lactone brings planting material, practical knowledge, shared equipment, water resilience, and buyer connections into one grounded support system.

01 Foundation

Cassava seed systems

Multiplying improved, drought-tolerant cassava varieties and getting healthy planting material into the hands of farmers affected by CMD and CBSD.

Cassava stems ready for seed multiplication

Aggregation & markets

Bulking cassava and sorghum into commercial volumes that attract reliable buyers and support fairer prices.

Farm mechanization

Shared access to tillage, chipping, threshing, drying, and post-harvest equipment that saves time and reduces loss.

Climate-smart farming

Drought-resilient crops, good agronomic practices, water harvesting, and a pathway to solar-powered irrigation.

Women & youth

Purposeful participation, training, tools, and market access that move women and young people toward agripreneurship.

Our model 02

One connected value chain

From a clean cutting to a stronger market.

01
Multiply
Grow improved varieties suited to local conditions.
02
Equip
Train farmers and widen access to practical tools.
03
Grow
Use resilient methods to protect yields and resources.
04
Connect
Aggregate harvests and build buyer confidence.

Our story 03

Lactone team members inspecting cassava in the field

Field learning in Homa Bay County

A practical response to a community problem

We changed course when farming communities needed a new answer.

Lactone began in financial lending in 2017. After the pandemic disrupted rural enterprises—and cassava disease, drought, and market gaps kept weakening livelihoods—we rebuilt the company around agricultural production in 2022.

Today we are working to restore cassava as a dependable food and income crop for the Abasuba community and wider Western Kenya, pairing better varieties with the support farmers need to succeed.

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We are not just cultivating crops. We are cultivating resilience.

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Driven by purpose