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  Governing modern agricultural biotechnology in Kenya: implications for food security

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This report reviews governance issues of modern biotechnology. The study used two case studies of transgenic sweet potato and Bt maize to examine how governance issues influence household and national food security in the country.
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  The politics of seed in Africa's green revolution: alternative narratives and competing pathways

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2011

  As calls for a ‘uniquely African green revolution’ gain momentum, a focus on seeds and seed systems is rising up the agricultural policy agenda. Much of the debate stresses the technological or market dimensions, with substantial investments being made in seed improvement and the development of both public and private sector delivery systems.
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  Qualitative research and analyses of the economic impacts of cash transfer programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa

  Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Document Repository, 2015

  This report synthesizes the analysis and findings of a set of six country case studies that explore the impact of cash transfer (CT) programmes on household economic decision-making and the local economy in sub-Saharan Africa. The study seeks to understand the impact of CT programmes in three interrelated areas:
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  Building Environmental Resilience: A snapshot of farmers adapting to climate change in Kenya

  Greenpeace International, 2015

  This report examines the practise used to build resilience to climate change by farmers in Kenya. In October 2014 interviews were conducted with farmers and members of the organisations that support them in West and Eastern Kenya. The aim was to identify which practices are being used successfully to build resilience, and alternatively which practices increase vulnerability.
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  The nexus of oil, conflict, and climate change vulnerability of pastoral communities in Northwest Kenya

  Copernicus Publications, 2015

  This paper focuses on pastoralism in the country of Turkana in northwest Kenya.
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  Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in East Africa: LANEA Study Brief

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2015

  This Brief presents the findings of the Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in East Africa (LANEA) initiative in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda. LANEA investigates opportunities and challenges to scaling up nutrition through agriculture.
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  Carbon intensification and poverty reduction in Kenya: lessons from the Kenya agricultural carbon project

  2012

  This paper focuses on the Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project, implemented by the NGO Vi Agroforestry, which is designing and implementing climate finance projects in the agricultural sector.
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  Valuing variability: new perspectives on climate resilient drylands development

  2015

  This book is a challenge to those who see the drylands as naturally vulnerable to food insecurity and poverty.  It argues that improving agricultural productivity in dryland environments is possible by working with climatic uncertainty rather than seeking to control it – a view that runs contrary to decade of development practice in arid and semi-arid lands.
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  "Why wait until the next food crisis?" Improving food reserves strategies in East Africa

  Agency for Co-operation and Research in Development, 2014

  ACORD's research on the importance of African countries holding food reserves for promoting food security and price stability. This report analyses the food reserves policies of three countries in East Africa – Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda – showing how these can, indeed must, be improved to address hunger. 
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  Options for Climate-Smart Agriculture at Kaptumo Site in Kenya

  World Agroforestry Centre, 2014

  This report identifies and assesses climate-smart agricultural practices through participatory appraisal tools with experts and farmers, as part of FAO’s Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture the MICCA pilot project in Kaptumo, Kenya.

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