Month: July 2022

Climate change raises average global temperatures and sea levels triggering major social, environmental and economic disruptions. Effects such as drought, increased temperatures and floods negatively impact lives, with human health increasingly put at risk. The impacts of climate change in Kenya’s agriculture sector and farming communities are manifested through: extreme weather events that cause flooding,…

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The COVID-19 pandemic came at a time when Kenya as the rest of Africa is still grappling with serious pre-existing burdens of climate change and food insecurity. In Kenya, the pandemic coincided with the planting season. Many farmers planted crops in anticipation of rains, unfortunately, there were prolonged dry spells in localized parts of the…

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Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), addressing youth unemployment, and promoting entrepreneurship are all top issues on global and national agendas, and there is a need to address them cohesively. In response to the rising levels of youth unemployment in Kenya, several stakeholders in the agriculture sector have begun initiatives to provide opportunities for employment…

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Once in your life you may need a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman, and a preacher but every day, three times a day, you need a farmer. Brenda Schoepp The farmers of Kenya are critical to the country’s food and nutrition security. About 70% of the population live and work in rural Kenya, where agriculture…

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Smallholder farmers are the backbone of agriculture and food security in Kenya, as they make up about 70% to 80% of the farming community (Economic Survey, 2016). They also contribute significantly to feeding the nation, creating jobs, and catalyzing the growth of rural businesses, most especially in the sector of micro and small enterprises. In…

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Over the past years, the Kenya National Farmers’ Federation (KENAFF) has supported the devolution of agriculture to the county level by devolving and strengthening her county branches to better serve farmers of Kenya – KENAFF believes the pathway to meaningful and sustainable socio-economic transformation in Kenya runs through the agriculture sector where farmers play a…

Read More “Embracing Technology to Accelerate Socio-economic Transformation through Agriculture” »