This blog post is cross posted from IFPRI Website BY BONIFACE AKUKU, CLEMENS BREISINGER, JOSEPH KARUGIA, JAWOO KOO, MICHAEL KEENAN, AND RICHARD NDEGWA OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Policymakers are under tremendous pressure to address multiple challenges facing food systems amid widespread budgetary constraints. Having a good evidence base to inform policy and investment decisions is […]
Kenya Food Systems Conference: Recommendations and actions to support the implementation of the Bottom-Up Economic Plan in Kenya
Dates: 4th and 5th April, 2023 Time: 9:00 am-5:00 pm Nairobi time Location: Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya CLICK TO REGISTER FOR THIS HYBRID EVENT This Event post is cross posted at CGIAR Website. The CGIAR Research Initiative on National Policies and Strategies for Food, Land, and Water Systems Transformation (NPS) in collaboration with the […]
NEW PUBLICATION: Impacts of implementing the bottom-up economic plan of jobs, poverty, and food security in Kenya..
By: Clemens Breisinger, Xinshen Diao, Benson Kiriga, Joshua Laichena, Juneweenex Mbuthia, Rose Ngugi, Lensa Omune, James Thurlow This policy note presents results from an economy-wide model to assess the expected impacts of implementing the Bottom-Up Economic Plan in Kenya. The economywide modelling results suggest that the design of the Bottom-Up Economic Plan is consistent […]
Developing and implementing Picture-Based Advisories (PBA) for farmers in Kenya
BY FRANCISCO CEBALLOS, BERBER KRAMER AND BENJAMIN KIVUVA IFPRI’s picture-based insurance (PBI) initiative, recognized as a CGIAR@50 Innovation and active since 2016, relies on participating farmers to upload smartphone pictures of their fields at intervals throughout the growing season. In the event of bad weather, pests, disease, or other problems that harm the crops, the photos are used to […]
Policy seminar: Leveraging Kenya’s new Bottom-Up Economic Plan for food system transformation
National Treasury and Planning Cabinet Secretary Prof. Njuguna Ndung’u (left) and Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development Principal Secretary Kello Harsama discuss Kenya's new Bottom-Up Economic Plan. Kenya’s new government has developed an ambitious Bottom-Up Economic Plan to tackle complex domestic and global challenges. “The Bottom-Up approach is about making sure that markets work, and more […]