Climate change represents a major challenge to food systems.
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Toward sustainable transformation through postharvest managment: Lessons from Kenya's mango value chain
Management of postharvest food loss and waste (FLW) is an important strategy in efforts to sustainably meet the food and nutrition needs of the world’s growing population.
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A way forward: Policy-driven transformation
This book has adopted a food systems framework as a new way of conceptualizing and designing food policies and research.
The livestock sector plays a major role in the Kenyan food system, contributing about 12 percent of the country’s overall GDP and 40 percent of agricultural GDP, and employing about half of the agricultural labor force (Kenya Markets Trust 2019a).
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Gender and food systems in Kenya: A case study of the poultry value chain in eastern Kenya
Women are key stakeholders in sustainable and resilient food systems, given their roles as primary food producers and household caretakers (Visser and Wangu 2021).
A food system includes all elements (environment, people, inputs, processes, infrastructures, institutions, etc.) and activities that relate to the production, processing, distribution, preparation, and consumption of food, and the outputs of thes
Maize is the major food crop in eastern and southern Africa, including Kenya. Maize-based farming systems make up the largest proportion of agricultural land, and maize is central to the food system, in both rural and urban areas.
This book takes a critical look at the Kenyan food system, where it has been, and where it can go.
Throughout Africa, climate change is posing severe challenges to agricultural production and food security.