International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) kicked off a six-day workshop on September 19, 2022 in Nakuru, Kenya. The workshop aimed to share capacity on Social Accounting Matrices (SAMs), and the standardized toolkit for building SAM. This forms part of Kenya’s Capacity Sharing Workshops Series under the CGIAR Initiatives on National Policies and Strategies (NPS), […]
A GLIMPSE INTO THE GENDERED IMPACTS OF COVID-19 IN RURAL KENYA.
A GLIMPSE INTO THE GENDERED IMPACTS OF COVID-19 IN RURAL KENYA. by: Harriet Mawia, IFPRI Kenya office and Claudia Ringler, IFPRI Washington DC. Social Distancing in the Market – Kenya Photo: World Bank/Sambrian Mbaabu If you look at traffic in Nairobi or go to a market in many parts of Kenya, you might think that […]
IFPRI-Kenya training KIPPRA’s Young Professionals (YPs 2021/22 cohort) on Social Accounting Matrices and multiplier analysis.
IFPRI conducts training to KIPPRA’s Young Professionals (YPs 2021/22 cohort) on Social Accounting Matrices and multiplier analysis. The CGIAR Research Initiative National Policies and Strategies (NPS) under the leadership of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has conducted an introductory training on Social Accounting Matrices (SAM) and multiplier analysis for Kenya’s Young professionals. The […]
Rising commodities prices driven by the Russia-Ukraine crisis threaten to undermine Kenya’s economy, increase poverty
Much of the early attention on the Russian-Ukraine conflict’s food security impacts has been concentrated on countries highly dependent on wheat imports from the Black Sea region.
Advancing Food Systems Transformation in Kenya
In a complicated and uncertain world, identifying strategies for building policy coherence and responding to crises is an increasingly urgent task.