Urban Food and Nutrition Security Resilience through Urban Agriculture: A Circular Economy Approach
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Key Messages
1. Urban agriculture boosts food security and household resilience.
Families with climate-smart gardens were up to 35% less likely to face hunger, produced five to six times more food, and spent up to 35% less on food purchases, strengthening dietary diversity and income stability.
2. Women benefit most from climate-smart gardening.
Women-headed households saw the largest improvements in food and nutrition security, highlighting urban farming’s potential to empower women and promote more inclusive, resilient communities.
Livestock Farmers’ Intentions to Adopt Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands: What Role Do Behavioural Factors Play?
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Pastoral livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa are under an increasing threat from climate change with arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) being especially vulnerable. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is widely promoted as a strategy for enhancing resilience among smallholder livestock farmers by improving productivity, increasing farmers’ incomes and strengthening adaptive capacity. However, CSA adoption rates among pastoralists remains low.
Food loss and waste in maize, potato, fresh fruits, and fish value chains in Kenya
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This report seeks to bridge the gap in available knowledge on the issue of food loss and waste in Kenya, placing emphasis on the gaps in the evidence of the magnitude, critical points of loss and waste, underlying causes and drivers, available reduction interventions, and policy limitations to tackle the problem. It also provides actionable recommendations for public and private-sector actors in efforts to address the challenges of food loss and waste in Kenya.
Determinants of livelihood diversification among rural forest-dependent households in Mt. Elgon region, Western Kenya
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ABSTRACT
Purpose
Rural people seek diverse opportunities to increase and stabilize their welfare. Understanding the factors influencing livelihood strategies can help improve policies that promote rural households’ well-being. This study identifies livelihood strategies adopted by rural households and the factors influencing their choices in the Mt. Elgon region of Western Kenya.
Design/methodology/approach
Assessing the Contribution of Farm Forestry Farmer Field Schools to Climate Resilience in a Mixed Crop–Livestock System in Dryland Kenya
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This study examines the role of farm forestry Farmer Field Schools (FFSs) in strengthening climate resilience in mixed crop–livestock systems in dryland Kenya. Based on interviews and focus group discussions in Embu and Taita Taveta, this study finds that FFS participation enhanced tree cultivation, market monitoring, and group-based learning, with greater involvement of women in decision-making.