Conventional fertilizers provide plants with three main nutrients, nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus; but soils are often deficient in secondary or micronutrients such as zinc or boron. In partnership with fertilizer manufacturer Toyota Tsusho, IFDC’s Toward Sustainable Clusters in Agribusiness through Learning in Entrepreneurship (2SCALE) project helped introduce a new blended fertilizer for rice in Kenya. Baraka (Swahili for “blessing”) contains boron and zinc in addition to the standard NPK. Yuki Tanaka, global project manager for Toyota Tsusho, recently visited 2SCALE sites in Western Kenya, including a privately owned model farm that provides hands-on training to rice farmers. Nearly 2,000 bags of blended fertilizer are being distributed to stockists at multiple locations, and will be available at subsidized prices, thanks to a partnership between the county government, 2SCALE, and Toyota.