Kenya and Food security
- Capital:
Nairobi - Population:
40046566 - Size:
582650.0 Km2
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- Ensuring the sustainability of pastoralism in East Africa
- J. Markahis / Minority Rights Group International, 2004
- This report focuses on the sustainability of pastoralism in the lowlands of the Great Rift of East Africa and the Horn, arguing that pastoralism as a mode of production and a way of life has entered a phase of decline, often accompani...
- Men and women use different strategies to cope with drought
- V.K. Wawire / Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa, Ethiopia, 2003
- This study seeks to assess the adaptive strategies used by men and women from different social and economic backgrounds to cope with drought in the Turkana district of Kenya. Economic activity in this district is mainly charact...
- Lessons to counter gender-blind drylands management
- Gender and Development, FAO Sustainable Dimensions, 2003
- With an estimated 40 percent of people in Africa, South America and Asia living in drylands, land degradation poses a significant threat to food security and survival. This report looks at the relationship between gender and dryland m...
- Making positive links between food and nutrition security and HIV and AIDS impacts
- S. Kadiyala; S. Gillespie / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003
- This paper from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) highlights the implications of the AIDS pandemic for food aid strategy and programming. It presents a detailed review of the relevant literature and the findings...
- Rethinking principles of assessment in complex emergencies: the food economy alternative
- Tanya Boudreau; Philippa Coutts / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- When aid agencies respond to food needs in situations of chronic conflict and political instability (SCCPI), do they consider livelihoods carefully enough? How can they better analyse the effects of hazards on household access to food...
- Can biotechnology benefit food security in Kenya?
- H. Odame; P. Kameri-Mbote; D. Wafula / International Environmental Law Research Centre, 2003
- This paper argues that for modern biotechnology research to have long term and wider positive social impact in Kenya, changes in policies and institutions must be implemented to ensure that it benefits the smallholder farmers who make...
- Study on the economic impacts of AIDS related death on rural Kenyan households
- T. Yamano; T. Jayne1 / The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 2002
- This paper describes two year study of Kenyan households where a 'prime age' member had died. It assesses the proportion of these deaths that can be attributed to HIV/AIDS and finds that only a quarter of the prime-age female deaths i...
- Developing cross-border linkages and encouraging lesson-sharing are key for effective disaster mitigation in pastoralist areas
- Famine Early Warning Systems Network, 2001
- This report summarises the proceedings of a regional workshop on Pastoral Early Warning and Response Systems, held in Mombasa, Kenya from November 13-15, 2001. The workshop was set up in response to the recent drought emergencies in t...
- How do East African pastoralist women adapt to living in towns?
- I. Nduma; P. Kristjanson; J. McPeak / International Livestock Research Institute, 2000
- This article explores how women adopt new town-based income generation activties as they settle around market centres. The study focuses on this process among East Africa pastoralists. The study finds that: while settli...
- Plant variety protection: a means to food security, or a legal system undercutting the rights of farmers?
- GRAIN, 1999
- The Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) claim the introduction of plant variety protection (a form of patent law) will contribute to food security, sustainable agriculture, and the protection of the environment ...
- 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)
