Evidence on the impacts of on wellbeing and climate resilience in Kenya
7 October 2024. Isiolo County, Kenya. FAO staff visiting the collective farm of a women's group.
©Lorenzo Moncada
| Project's full title | Building Back Better and Greener: Integrated approaches for an inclusive and green COVID-19 response in rural spaces |
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| Introduction | Limited access to information and finance holds back rural livelihoods in Kenya’s drylands. In Isiolo, FAO combines training on climate-smart farming and livestock early warning systems with grants for individual or community enterprises. This study assesses the effects on food security, income diversification, collective action and resilience to inform sustainable rural development strategies. |
| Country | Kenya |
| Start date | 31/05/2020 |
| End date | 10/11/2026 |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Recipient / Target Areas | Kenya |
| Project Code | FVC/GLO/203/MUL |
| Objective / Goal | To evaluate the effectiveness of integrating climate-adaptive agricultural training with individual and community-level enterprise grants in fostering food security, resilience, and livelihood diversification among pastoralist households in Isiolo, Kenya, while generating evidence for scalable strategies in arid and semi-arid regions. |
| Partners | FAO Country Office of Kenya. |
| Beneficiaries |
1 350 households. |
| Activities | Baseline data were collected in October 2022. Endline data were collected for 788 households in October 2024. |
| Contact | [email protected] |
| KENYA 2024. Impact evaluation: Building Back Better and Greener | |
| Related publications |
Climate adaptation, perceived resilience, and household wellbeing: Comparative evidence from Kenya and Zambia04/2025This study examines how climate-adaptive agricultural practices influence perceived resilience and household wellbeing in pastoralist Kenya and rain-fed Zambia. Using a typology of adaptation strategies and a doubly-robust IPWRA approach, findings show capital-intensive practices consistently enhance resilience and wellbeing, while labor-intensive and diversification strategies have more context-dependent effects. Results underscore the need for integrated, context-specific adaptation support. |