Introduction [in Food systems transformation in Kenya: Lessons from the past and policy options for the future]

The whole world has experienced a series of global and local crises since 2019, and Kenya has been no exception. Before the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, poverty and food poverty rates in the country had been declining steadily, falling from 52.3 percent to 36.1 percent and...

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Autores principales: Breisinger, Clemens, Keenan, Michael, Mbuthia, Juneweenex, Njuki, Jemimah
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138986
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author Breisinger, Clemens
Keenan, Michael
Mbuthia, Juneweenex
Njuki, Jemimah
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Keenan, Michael
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Njuki, Jemimah
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description The whole world has experienced a series of global and local crises since 2019, and Kenya has been no exception. Before the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, poverty and food poverty rates in the country had been declining steadily, falling from 52.3 percent to 36.1 percent and from 38.3 percent to 26.7 percent, respectively, between 1997 and 2016 (KNBS 2007, 2018). Income inequality also declined in the period from 1994 to 2015/16 (KNBS 2020). Estimates suggest that, since then, progress in poverty reduction has reversed, as a result of COVID-19 (Nafula et al. 2020), and that the impacts of the Ukraine and global crises have further increased poverty levels and the number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (Breisinger et al. 2022). In addition, ongoing droughts in the arid and semiarid areas of Kenya meant that an estimated 3.5 million people were in need of assistance in May 2022 (UNICEF 2022).
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spelling CGSpace1389862025-11-06T03:57:17Z Introduction [in Food systems transformation in Kenya: Lessons from the past and policy options for the future] Breisinger, Clemens Keenan, Michael Mbuthia, Juneweenex Njuki, Jemimah agriculture food security food systems diet poverty The whole world has experienced a series of global and local crises since 2019, and Kenya has been no exception. Before the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, poverty and food poverty rates in the country had been declining steadily, falling from 52.3 percent to 36.1 percent and from 38.3 percent to 26.7 percent, respectively, between 1997 and 2016 (KNBS 2007, 2018). Income inequality also declined in the period from 1994 to 2015/16 (KNBS 2020). Estimates suggest that, since then, progress in poverty reduction has reversed, as a result of COVID-19 (Nafula et al. 2020), and that the impacts of the Ukraine and global crises have further increased poverty levels and the number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (Breisinger et al. 2022). In addition, ongoing droughts in the arid and semiarid areas of Kenya meant that an estimated 3.5 million people were in need of assistance in May 2022 (UNICEF 2022). 2023-12-20 2024-02-06T20:42:58Z 2024-02-06T20:42:58Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138986 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294561 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Breisinger, Clemens; Keenan, Michael; Mbuthia, Juneweenex; and Njuki, Jemimah. 2023. Introduction [in Food systems transformation in Kenya: Lessons from the past and policy options for the future]. In Food Systems Transformation in Kenya: Lessons from the Past and Policy Options for the Future, eds. Clemens Breisinger, Michael Keenan, Juneweenex Mbuthia, and Jemimah Njuki. Part 1: An Overview of the Kenyan Food System, Chapter 1, Pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294561_01.
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food security
food systems
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poverty
Breisinger, Clemens
Keenan, Michael
Mbuthia, Juneweenex
Njuki, Jemimah
Introduction [in Food systems transformation in Kenya: Lessons from the past and policy options for the future]
title Introduction [in Food systems transformation in Kenya: Lessons from the past and policy options for the future]
title_full Introduction [in Food systems transformation in Kenya: Lessons from the past and policy options for the future]
title_fullStr Introduction [in Food systems transformation in Kenya: Lessons from the past and policy options for the future]
title_full_unstemmed Introduction [in Food systems transformation in Kenya: Lessons from the past and policy options for the future]
title_short Introduction [in Food systems transformation in Kenya: Lessons from the past and policy options for the future]
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topic agriculture
food security
food systems
diet
poverty
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