On July 19, 2023, the CGIAR Research Initiative on National Policies and Strategies initiated a blog competition, inviting all attendees of the Food Security Simulator Kenya demonstration to participate. The competition winner would be eligible for a short-term industrial attachment/mentorship at IFPRI’s Kenya office and the top three blogs would be published on the CGIAR Research Initiative on National Policies and Strategies site. After receiving numerous submissions, our panel of judges composed of international and country experts has chosen the top three blogs below:
- Winner! Dorah Kwamboka Momanyi, Short-Term Effects of Food Price Shocks Ensuing Expiration of the Black Sea Grain Deal: A Food Security Simulation
- Moses Mahugu, The Widening Food Gap in Kenya amid Serious Drought: A Cry for Policy Reforms on Food Security
- Kefa Simiyu, From Income and Food Price Shocks to Food [In]security in Kenya: A Simulated Scenario Analysis
*Any opinions stated in the blog are those of the author(s) and are not necessarily representative of or endorsed by the CGIAR.
Authors:
Dorah Kwamboka Momanyi (dorahmomnayi@gmail.com) is the winner of the CGIAR Research Initiative on National Policies and Strategies blog competition and a Young Professional at the Kenya Institute of Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA).
Moses Mahugu (mosesmahugu1826@gmail.com) is the 1st Runners up of the CGIAR Research Initiative on National Policies and Strategies blog competition.
Kefa Simiyu (keffasimiyu@gmail.com) is the 2nd Runners up of the CGIAR Research Initiative on National Policies and Strategies blog competition.
This work is part of the CGIAR Research Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS). CGIAR launched NPS with national and international partners to build policy coherence, respond to policy demands and crises, and integrate policy tools at national and subnational levels in countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. CGIAR centers participating in NPS are The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), International Water Management Institute (IWMI), International Potato Center (CIP), International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), and WorldFish. We would like to thank all funders who supported this research through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust Fund.
