FARM-Africa recently announced that it has received funding to develop the first franchise business model that will establish a chain of new veterinary stores to provide quality, accessible and affordable livestock services including clinical services, veterinary drugs, farm inputs, animal feeds and artificial insemination in Africa.

Through a US$5m grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation FARM-Africa will establish at least 150 stores across Kenya over four and a half years to help 300,000 under-served livestock keepers in rural Kenya gain access to affordable livestock products and services.

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