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Access to markets for small actors in the roots and tubers sector. Tailored financial services and climate risk management tools to link small farmers to markets
In Sub-Saharan Africa, refugees are located in fragile arid areas. Despite many challenges, there are opportunities to shift from a ‘land degradation’ narrative to one based on ‘land restorationand resilience’, by enhancing the knowledge and skills of both refugee and host communities in a range of gender-responsive, regenerative and circular...
Ethiopia - Kenya - Uganda
2024 - CIFOR-ICRAF
Note/document d'orientation
National Agroecology Strategies in Eastern and Southern Africa
Lighthouses for food system transformation
This document sheds light on the ongoing efforts in Eastern and Southern Africa to develop National Agroecology Strategies (NASs), aiming to transform agri-food systems through the promotion of agroecological production practices, and the development of markets, value chains, and consumer demand. The brief offers an unique insight into policy advancements...
Kenya - Malawi - Rwanda - South Africa - Uganda - United Republic of Tanzania - Zambia - Zimbabwe
2024 - Biovision Foundation
Article du bulletin d’information
Kenya: Twine to the Rescue
Kenya has a problem of ‘ghost nets’ or abandoned polyethylene fishing lines that pollute the aquatic ecology. An alternative design project finds a solution in biodegradable twine
Fishing gear is a major contributor to marine litter. ‘Ghost nets’ is the informal term for what is formally called Abandoned, Lost or Otherwise Discarded Fishing Gear (ALDFG). These continue to catch both target and non-target species. They pose risk to boat operations; damage coral reefs and the seabed; and...
Kenya
2024 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Manuel
Young changemakers
Scaling agroecology using video in Africa and India
The publication offers a rich diversity of perspectives and insights from real-life experiences of 42 inspiring teams of youths in Africa and India who are blazing a trail as private extension and advisory service providers promoting agroecology through farmer-to-farmer learning videos. Each of the deeply compelling stories presented in this...
Benin - Cameroon - Egypt - India - Kenya - Malawi - Morocco - Rwanda - Senegal - Tunisia - Uganda - United Republic of Tanzania - Zambia
2024 - Access Agriculture
Ouvrage
Sowing Sustainability: Agroecology and sustainable land management in synergy
Global food systems grapple with challenges that demand urgent attention and innovative solutions. The world’s population is projected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, with significant growth in sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia, implying more pressure on agricultural land, water resources and food production systems. Increasing urbanisation, leading to the...
Benin - Burkina Faso - Ethiopia - India - Kenya - Madagascar - Tunisia
2024 - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Article de blog
A conversation about agroecology and biodiversity
Biodiversity is one of the 13 principles underpinning the work of the Agroecology Coalition. On the International Day for Biological Diversity, we speak to Martin Oulu, coordinator of our member organization ISFAA (Kenya), about agroecology, biodiversity, and the challenges that the current food system presents in this respect. In this article...
Cambodia - Kenya
2023 - Agroecology Coalition
Rapport
The transformative role of agriculture in refugee settings
Amplifying the voices of refugees and host communities
Forced displacement has reached a scale not seen since records began. It has not only increased to an unprecedented level, but so too has its average duration. Latest reports indicate that over 110 million people are currently estimated to be forcibly displaced, and two in three refugees are projected to...
Kenya - South Sudan - Uganda
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Document technique
Food systems emissions in Kenya and their reduction potential: A country profile
The global food system accounts for 23 – 42% of total net anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This share is expected to increase. Therefore, rapid and effective transformations are required in food systems to achieve the Paris Agreement targets. The Initiative on Low-Emissions Food Systems (Mitigate+) aims to offer a...
Kenya
2023 - CIFOR-ICRA
Site web
The East and Southern Africa Forest Observatory (OFESA)
OFESA Is a regional initiative that aims to improve forest monitoring and management in the region. It covers five countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Uganda).
The objective of the East and Southern Africa Forest Observatory (OFESA) is to produce a comprehensive and harmonized regional dataset on the latest trends and threats...
Ethiopia - Kenya - Mozambique - Uganda - United Republic of Tanzania
2023 - The East and Southern Africa Forest Observatory (OFESA)
Rapport
The Agroecology Transition: Different pathways to a single destination - Eight country experiences
Agroecology is a transdisciplinary, participatory, and action-oriented approach for co-designing options that enhance food system resilience, equity, and sustainability. Working in eight countries of the Global South, the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology seeks effective ways to put this approach into practice. In each country, the Initiative concentrates on one or...
Burkina Faso - India - Kenya - Lao People's Democratic Republic - Peru - Senegal - Tunisia - Zimbabwe
2023 - CGIAR
Article
Spatial changes to climatic suitability and availability of agropastoral farming systems across Kenya (1980–2020)
Productive global agriculture is under a convergence of pressures, and particularly climate change and population growth. The impact is especially stark in East Africa where crop production is mostly rain-fed and population growth rates are among the highest in the world. Our objective for this study was to understand how...
Kenya
2023
Article de blog
Busia farmers Embrace Agro-ecological Farming
Farmers in Busia County have partnered with Kilimo Hai, an agriculture organization, to adopt agro-ecological farming practices using organic fertilizers made from animal waste and rabbit urine as pesticides. This transition has been motivated by the high cost of conventional farming inputs and the need for sustainable ecosystem management and...
Kenya
2023
Rapport
Climate-adaptive capacities and livelihood strategies under a prolonged drought
Baseline findings and policy implications for community-based support in Isiolo, Kenya
The “Building back better and greener: Integrated approaches for an inclusive and green COVID-19 recovery in rural spaces” project aims to: (a) build the capacity of key stakeholders in the provision of advisory and extension services; (b) integrate social protection interventions with complementary services on climate-adaptive agriculture and sustainable livestock...
Kenya
2023 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Article de blog
Framework elevates monitoring for nature-based solutions + restoration in Makueni, Kenya
In early May of 2023, the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) conducted an in-field training on its Land Degradation Surveillance Framework (LDSF) methodology for Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) monitoring in Makueni County, Kenya.
The four-days training formed part of a broader project to promote NbS for...
Kenya
2023 - World Agroforestry
Rapport
The gendered impacts of COVID-19 in Kenya, the Niger, Rwanda, and Uganda
Evidence from phone surveys
To identify and monitor the differential effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and men in rural households, IFPRI conducted phone surveys in selected regions of the four focal countries, with financial and technical support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The surveys traced gender...
Kenya - Niger - Rwanda - Uganda
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Document de travail
The unsung giants of climate and nature investment: Insights from an international survey of local climate and nature action by smallholder forest and farm producers
In this working paper, we present the findings of a survey of more than 1,800 farmers across 13 different countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The survey suggests that smallholder forest and farm producers (those who manage 10 hectares or less of land) are investing on average 20-40% of...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - China - Ecuador - Ghana - Kenya - Liberia - Madagascar - Mexico - Nepal - Togo - United Republic of Tanzania - Viet Nam - Zambia
2023 - International Institute for Environment and Development IIED
Article
Family Farmers in Kenya Replace Expensive Fertilizer with Cover Crops; aka, “Green Manure”
Fertilizer prices driven by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine led a number of farmers around the world to consider or reconsider non-chemical alternatives. For some years now, family farmers in Kenya’s Kisumu area have replaced chemical fertilizers with organic ones. Organic fertilizers do more than cut input costs and increase resilience...
Kenya
2023
Article de blog
Unlocking finance for African smallholder farmers
A major meeting this week brought together farmers, bankers, governments and development partners from across Africa and beyond to discuss ways to ensure smallholder farmers, the backbone of the region’s food system, have access to the finance they need to improve and scale up sustainable forest and farm management practices.
The...
Kenya
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Article
Building subnational capacities in animal health to deliver frontline cross-sectoral health services in Kenya
Operationalizing effective subnational veterinary services as major contributor to disease surveillance, reporting, diagnoses and One Health requires resources and mindset change. Here we describe workforce capacity building in animal health in Kenya and an approach that can be used to skill-up this workforce to respond beyond animal health challenges to...
Kenya
2023 - Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Partie de rapport
Learning by doing: how family farming as a child shaped my life
I grew up in a place known as Kabazi, Subukia Constituency and Nakuru County in Kenya. As a child of a family farming household, I had to participate in farming activities alongside my education. The family depended on its member’s labour to be able to provide adequate and nutritious food...
Kenya
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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