When it comes to food security, young women’s labour and time are disproportionately affected by the decisions of other household members, thus affecting their children as well.
With locally-relevant themes, Transformative Scenario Planning (TSP) workshop scenarios focused on various levels of ease of access to agricultural land, and water for irrigation.
In dryland environments drought periodically emerges in a context of chronic water security challenges: these are places where managing water scarcity is a continual not an exceptional task.
The launch event enabled 60 stakeholders from a wide array of organizations to learn about the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA), and to begin dialogues with consortia members on key topics relevant to the re
The work has focused on Kitui, Machakos and Makueni counties of semi-arid eastern Kenya, supporting the three county governments in developing appropriate adaptation strategies and programs that can assist farmers.
Healthy chicken husbandry empowers women, feeds families and builds the resilience of the farming system as a whole. Up to 98% of families in rural Kenya keep small flocks of chickens, mainly local or ‘indigenous’ types.
This three-year project (2011-2014) aims at building capacity for Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) to undertake climate change adaptation studies within the agricultural context.