GATAYO Agribusiness Producers and Marketing Cooperative Society Limited is a youth-owned, women-led Digital Farmer Service Centre headquartered in Garissa Township, serving Garissa County and the wider Tana River Basin. With 85% youth ownership and 72% female ownership, we provide trained, technology-driven farmer services, aggregation, value addition and sustainable market access to build resilient livelihoods and transform agriculture through Empowering Youth, Elevating Women, and Transforming Agriculture.
Farming alone means suffering alone. Farming together means bargaining power.
GATAYO operates as a digital Farmer Service Centre for Garissa County and the Tana River Basin — aggregating produce, pooling input costs, and connecting smallholder farmers and pastoralists to markets, mechanization, and finance they could never reach alone.
Our Vision is a thriving, financially self-sufficient agribusiness cooperative that turns the Tana River Basin into a hub of aggregation, processing, and export-ready value chains.
Our field officers carry the cooperative's digital tools straight into the greenhouse — reviewing yield forecasts, soil moisture, and irrigation status with members on the spot, next to the crop itself.
Behind every membership, share, contribution and loan is our Cooperative Management Information System (CMIS) — giving our leadership, field staff, and members a live, transparent view of the cooperative's finances and growth.
GATAYO operates as a one-stop digital Farmer Service Centre — removing the barriers that keep smallholders trapped in low-productivity, high-loss farming.
Pooled access to quality seeds, fertilizer, and other farm inputs at better prices through bulk purchasing.
Shared access to tractors and mechanized land preparation, putting modern equipment within reach of smallholders.
Organized crop protection and spraying support to improve yields and reduce losses to pests and disease.
Coordinated harvesting support so crops are brought in on time and with minimal loss.
Shared logistics and transport to move produce from farm to market efficiently, cutting post-harvest loss.
Connecting members straight to buyers, cutting out exploitative middlemen and securing consistent prices.
Processing raw produce into higher-value products, extending shelf life and protecting farmer incomes.
Produce collected from many small farms is bulked at central points — giving members the volume and consistency serious buyers require.
Across our priority value chains, GATAYO processes raw produce into market-ready products — extending shelf life, cutting post-harvest losses, and protecting farmer incomes.
Raw sunflower seed pressed into premium cooking oil, with the by-product processed into sunflower cake for quality animal feed — two market-ready products from a single harvest.
Fresh tomatoes that would otherwise be lost to post-harvest spoilage are processed into tomato paste and sauce — extending shelf life and unlocking better, more consistent prices for our members.
Locally sourced raw materials — including sunflower cake — are processed into quality animal feed, strengthening the livestock and poultry side of our members' livelihoods.
A thriving, financially self-sufficient agribusiness cooperative that transforms the Tana River Basin into a hub of aggregation, processing, and export-ready value chains — improving incomes and food security for our members.
To organize, equip, and empower smallholder farmers, pastoralists, women, and youth in Garissa County and the Tana River Basin to increase productivity, add value, and access reliable markets — driving income, jobs, and food security.
"Empowering Youth. Elevating Women. Connecting Farmers to Markets. Transforming Agriculture."
Cooperative members, staff, and partners sign in through the GATAYO Cooperative Management System for access to membership, shares, contributions, loans, HR, and reporting records.
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