Kenya and Food security
- Capital:
Nairobi - Population:
40046566 - Size:
582650.0 Km2
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- The African Union estimates that 27 percent of Africans are undernourished, a 2 percent decline since 1995
- id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
- Halving hunger and extreme poverty by 2015 is the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG). However, persistent hunger is still prevalent worldwide, slowing progress towards all other MDGs, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. ...
- Improving food security and rural development through relevant basic education
- Tutui Nanok / Research4Development, 2005
- Many developing countries are severely challenged by a vicious cycle of food insecurity, poverty and under-education. The route out of this so-called poverty trap lies in multiple strategies for poverty reduction, whereby interc...
- Rising food prices and farmer seed access: what are the impacts?
- M. Smale; M. Cohen; L. Nagarajan / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2009
- This report provides case-specific responses to key seed policy issues based on the relationship between seed markets and high food prices, which were discussed at the project findings meeting at FAO in May 2008. The paper answers key...
- Adapting to the impact of climate change on African food security
- id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
- Sub-Saharan Africa is currently the most food-insecure region in the world. Climate change could aggravate the situation further unless adequate measures are put in place. Dealing with these impacts requires measures that will mi...
- Can urban agriculture generate adequate livelihoods and food security?
- M. Redwood (ed) / International Development Research Centre, 2009
- This report, by researchers working in urban agriculture (UA), examines concrete strategies to integrate city farming into the urban landscape. Drawing on original field work in cities across the rapidly urbanising global South, the b...
- Using a livelihood framework for food security analysis in Kenya
- United Nations [UN] World Food Programme, 2008
- The dramatic increase in food prices globally has created challenges for achieving the Millennium Development Goals of reducing poverty and hunger especially in the Kenyan context given a number of factors aggravating the food crisis....
- Livelihoods programming in the context of emergencies
- S. Jaspars / Emergency Nutrition Network , 2006
- This article begins with an overview of livelihoods programming in the context of emergencies; an increasingly popular approach, going beyond a focus on food aid alone. In general there is a lack of written analysis of emergency livel...
- Developing value chains for neglected and underutilised species
- M. Will / Bioversity International, 2008
- Use of neglected and underutilised species (NUS) can play an important role in improving food security, conserving biodiversity and generating income and employment. Value chain development (VCD) can be a useful tool for realising the...
- Raising productivity in African agriculture: innovative approaches
- New Agriculturalist, 2008
- Forty years after the Asian Green Revolution , the spotlight has now turned on African agriculture. Increasing attention is being paid to the need for greater investment in African agriculture and key organisations are pushing for a N...
- What role can fertilizer subsidies play in alleviating poverty and hunger?: evidence from Malawi, Zambia and Kenya
- I. Minde; T., S. Jayne; J. Ariga / The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 2008
- The role of input subsidies in stimulating growth and addressing food security and poverty alleviation objectives has re-emerged as an important debate in agricultural policy. Sharp increases in world food and fertiliser pr...
- Kenyatta University, Kenya
- Teaching and research university with a wide range of subjects
- Reseau International d'ONG sur la Desertification / International NGO Network on Desertification and Drought (RIOD)
- NGO network facilitating exchange of information on desertification and sustainable livelihoods in dryland areas. WWW site has full text of their Circular on Desertification and the Eco newsletter (joint publication with the International Negotiating Committee for the Elaboration of a Convention to Combat Desertification (INCD)
