The need to transform Kenya`s food system has been recognized through the development of country`s Food System Transformation Pathway Plan. The transformation aims to make food systems; healthy and nutritious; inclusive and enabling sustainable livelihoods for all stakeholders; environmentally sustainable and; resilient. This plan is anchored on the various international commitments including UN Food Systems Summit (2021) and the Global Stocktake at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties 28 (UNFCCC COP 28). These frameworks recognize agroecology as an approach to facilitate a transition towards more productive, sustainable and inclusive food systems.

Agroecological approaches provide ways of harnessing ecosystem services and natural processes in a productive manner. They include organic agriculture, agroforestry, regenerative agriculture and permaculture. The overall goal of the National Agroecology for Food System Transformation Strategy (NAS - FST) is to promote a sustainable transformation of the food system in Kenya to ensure food security and nutrition, climate resilient livelihoods and social inclusion for all.