Advancing Bioeconomy Development in Kenya

The roadmaps highlight opportunities for market expansion, increased investment, and adoption of modern technologies and skills, while also proposing practical enablers and policy actions to overcome shared barriers.

They also set clear milestones toward 2030 and 2040, envisioning stronger, more resilient enterprises in the medium term and, in the long term, fully supportive bioeconomy ecosystems capable of competing regionally and globally.

• Cluster 1: Value addition to primary produce and circular food systems
  This cluster includes MSMEs involved in agri-processing, novel food development, aquaculture, and insect-based feed. 
• Cluster 2: Biobased agricultural inputs
  This cluster consists of MSMEs producing environmentally sustainable agricultural inputs such as biofertilizers, biopesticides, bio stimulants, microbial soil enhancers, and other regenerative inputs. 
• Cluster 3: Biobased industrial development
  This cluster focuses on MSMEs producing alternatives to plastic, including biodegradable packaging made from wood fibre, water hyacinth, and biowaste. It also includes enterprises developing building materials from renewable resources such as bamboo, treated wood, and biocomposites.
• Cluster 4: Sustainable bioenergy
  This cluster includes MSMEs producing clean energy solutions from biomass and biowaste, such as briquettes, biogas, and biofuels. 

The Kenya–Sweden bioeconomy business trade fair brought together businesses, researchers and policymakers from both countries to strengthen collaboration in the bioeconomy sector.