Let's cook about it!
Many nations in Africa South of the Sahara rely on agriculture for their livelihoods and their food security is threatened by climate change. Kenya, which has been experiencing an increased frequency of drought events - with the most recent drought (2020-2023) being the worst drought in four decades...
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| author | Waweru, Carol Machogu, Diana Eyase, Jean Kramer, Berber Kvuva, Benjamin |
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| description | Many nations in Africa South of the Sahara rely on agriculture for their livelihoods and their food security is threatened by climate change. Kenya, which has been experiencing an increased frequency of drought events - with the most recent drought (2020-2023) being the worst drought in four decades - is no exception. Given this increased frequency of extreme weather events, it is important that farmers use climate adaptative practices in their farming, such as the use of drought tolerant seeds. Although great strides have been made in breeding earlier maturing drought-tolerant varieties, a majority of farmers continue to grow older varieties. For instance, one of the common maize varieties grown in Kenya was released more than 30 years ago and the average varietal age continues to increase over time (Rutsaert & Donovan, 2020; De Groote & Omondi, 2023). |
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| spelling | CGSpace1372142025-12-08T09:54:28Z Let's cook about it! Waweru, Carol Machogu, Diana Eyase, Jean Kramer, Berber Kvuva, Benjamin markets innovation cooking Many nations in Africa South of the Sahara rely on agriculture for their livelihoods and their food security is threatened by climate change. Kenya, which has been experiencing an increased frequency of drought events - with the most recent drought (2020-2023) being the worst drought in four decades - is no exception. Given this increased frequency of extreme weather events, it is important that farmers use climate adaptative practices in their farming, such as the use of drought tolerant seeds. Although great strides have been made in breeding earlier maturing drought-tolerant varieties, a majority of farmers continue to grow older varieties. For instance, one of the common maize varieties grown in Kenya was released more than 30 years ago and the average varietal age continues to increase over time (Rutsaert & Donovan, 2020; De Groote & Omondi, 2023). 2023-12-21 2024-01-05T12:41:31Z 2024-01-05T12:41:31Z Blog Post https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137214 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128427 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135068 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133543 Open Access International Food Policy Research Institute Waweru, Carol; Machogu, Diana; Eyase, Jean; Kramer, Berber; and Kvuva, Benjamin. 2023. Let's cook about it! IFPRI Blog. https://kenya.ifpri.info/2023/12/21/lets-cook-about-it/. https://kenya.ifpri.info/2023/12/21/lets-cook-about-it/ |
| spellingShingle | markets innovation cooking Waweru, Carol Machogu, Diana Eyase, Jean Kramer, Berber Kvuva, Benjamin Let's cook about it! |
| title | Let's cook about it! |
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| title_fullStr | Let's cook about it! |
| title_full_unstemmed | Let's cook about it! |
| title_short | Let's cook about it! |
| title_sort | let s cook about it |
| topic | markets innovation cooking |
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