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Searching with a thematic focus on Livelihoods, Livelihoods Agriculture, Agriculture and food in Kenya

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  Embedding gender and diversity in the Plantwise Programme: overview of findings

  Evidence on Demand, 2015

  It is widely assumed that women are not heavily engaged in agriculture, however data from around the world highlights the critical role that women play in agricultural production, especially in less-developed countries. In spite of the significant contribution they make female farmers often lack equal access to productive resources and opportunities.
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  Livelihood diversification and entrepreneurship: an analysis of production and marketing innovations in smallholder farming in a rural Kenyan district, Mbeere

  Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 2003

  This study investigates the dynamics of smallholder production and marketing innovations, against a background of farm-none-farm or rural-urban linkages, within the broader rural livelihood diversification paradigms.
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  What is the scope for increased fertilizer use in Kenya?

  Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 2012

  Despite upward trends in fertiliser application rates on maize fields over the last twenty years, there remains a perception in Kenya that application rates are not high enough to reverse the country’s growing national food deficit.
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  The impact of maize hybrids on income, poverty, and inequality among smallholder farmers in Kenya

  Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 2012

  The development and diffusion of hybrid maize seed in Kenya is a widely documented success story. This paper examines particularly the impacts of hybrid maize seed adoption on farmer welfare in Kenya.
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  Invisible helpers - women's views on the contributions of working donkeys, horses and mules to their lives

  2014

  In 2011 there were an estimated 112 million working equine animals in the world, with 43 million donkeys, 11 million mules, and 58 million horses. The large majority of these animals live in developing countries and provide daily support to hundreds of millions of poor households by doing a wide range of work in both urban and rural areas.
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  Enhancing resilience in the Horn of Africa: an exploration into alternative investment options

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2012

  This discussion paper seeks to explore alternative investment options with the aim of enhancing resilience in the Horn of Africa. Climate change, conflict, drought and increasing populations are leading many to pessimistic conclusions regarding the future viability of pastoral farming, arguing that these livelihoods should be sedentarised and diversified.
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  Young People and Policy Narratives in sub-Saharan Africa

  Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012

  by Nana Akua Anyidoho, Happy Kayuni, John Ndungu, Jennifer Leavy, Mohamadou Sall, Getnet Tadele and James Sumberg FAC Working Paper 32
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  Environmental change and maize innovation in Kenya: exploring pathways in and out of maize

  STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies, 2009

  Maize is a socially, politically and economically staple crop in Kenya. This paper summarises the findings of the STEPS Environmental Change and Maize Innovation in Kenya project, which utilised maize as a window through which to explore differential responses to climate change.
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  Achieving food security in the face of climate change: final report from the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change

  Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2012

  This report, released by the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, identifies a set of clear actions to be undertaken by key stakeholders to achieve food security in the context of climate change.
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  The impact of rising food prices on disparate livelihoods groups 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. This study provides a situation analysis and prognosis of markets and prices in Kenya and the wider region.

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