CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology, Kenya, 2022-2024. End of initiative key messages
A redesign of food systems is urgently required to achieve ecological, economic and social sustainability. Agroecology offers a transformative pathway integrating sustainable and resilient agricultural practices with enhanced agency for farmers and food system actors, particularly women and youth. W...
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| author | Awiti, Alex Fuchs, Lisa Elena Nyawira, Sylvia Chege, Christine G. Kiria Guettou Djurfeldt, Nadia Kuria, Anne |
| author_browse | Awiti, Alex Chege, Christine G. Kiria Fuchs, Lisa Elena Guettou Djurfeldt, Nadia Kuria, Anne Nyawira, Sylvia |
| author_facet | Awiti, Alex Fuchs, Lisa Elena Nyawira, Sylvia Chege, Christine G. Kiria Guettou Djurfeldt, Nadia Kuria, Anne |
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| description | A redesign of food systems is urgently required to achieve ecological, economic and social sustainability. Agroecology offers a transformative pathway integrating sustainable and resilient agricultural practices with enhanced agency for farmers and food system actors, particularly women and youth. While agroecological solutions exist at the farm level, scaling them to broader food, land and water (FLW) systems remains challenging due to insufficient evidence, misaligned policies, inadequate capacities, and limited financial mechanisms.
The objective of the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology (AE-I) was to address these barriers by generating evidence on the transformative potential of agroecology and identifying institutional innovations. By testing
approaches in so-called agroecological living landscapes (ALLs) in Burkina Faso, India, Kenya, Lao PDR, Peru, Senegal, Tunisia and Zimbabwe, the AE-I aimed to identify, test, and demonstrate replicable transition models for FLW systems in low and middle-income countries, driving large-scale transformation across the Global South.
In Kenya, the AE-I was implemented in collaboration with numerous stakeholders in two ALLs in Kiambu and Makueni Counties, including Community Sustainable Agriculture and Healthy Environment Program (CSHEP), Drylands Natural Resources Centre (DNRC), Participatory Ecological Land Use Management Association Kenya (PELUM-Kenya) and Intersectoral Forum on Agrobiodiversity and Agroecology (ISFAA). |
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| spelling | CGSpace1693152025-12-08T09:54:28Z CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology, Kenya, 2022-2024. End of initiative key messages Awiti, Alex Fuchs, Lisa Elena Nyawira, Sylvia Chege, Christine G. Kiria Guettou Djurfeldt, Nadia Kuria, Anne agriculture transformation consumer behaviour food systems agroecology value chains governance gender equality experimentation participatory approaches assessment private sector inclusion participatory action research policy innovation recycling organic residues A redesign of food systems is urgently required to achieve ecological, economic and social sustainability. Agroecology offers a transformative pathway integrating sustainable and resilient agricultural practices with enhanced agency for farmers and food system actors, particularly women and youth. While agroecological solutions exist at the farm level, scaling them to broader food, land and water (FLW) systems remains challenging due to insufficient evidence, misaligned policies, inadequate capacities, and limited financial mechanisms. The objective of the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology (AE-I) was to address these barriers by generating evidence on the transformative potential of agroecology and identifying institutional innovations. By testing approaches in so-called agroecological living landscapes (ALLs) in Burkina Faso, India, Kenya, Lao PDR, Peru, Senegal, Tunisia and Zimbabwe, the AE-I aimed to identify, test, and demonstrate replicable transition models for FLW systems in low and middle-income countries, driving large-scale transformation across the Global South. In Kenya, the AE-I was implemented in collaboration with numerous stakeholders in two ALLs in Kiambu and Makueni Counties, including Community Sustainable Agriculture and Healthy Environment Program (CSHEP), Drylands Natural Resources Centre (DNRC), Participatory Ecological Land Use Management Association Kenya (PELUM-Kenya) and Intersectoral Forum on Agrobiodiversity and Agroecology (ISFAA). 2024-12-10 2025-01-17T10:28:46Z 2025-01-17T10:28:46Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/169315 en Open Access application/pdf Awiti, A.; Fuchs, L.E.; Nyawira, S.; Chege, C.G.K.; Guettou Djurfeldt, N.; Kuria, A. (2024) CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology, Kenya, 2022-2024. End of initiative key messages. 8 p. |
| spellingShingle | agriculture transformation consumer behaviour food systems agroecology value chains governance gender equality experimentation participatory approaches assessment private sector inclusion participatory action research policy innovation recycling organic residues Awiti, Alex Fuchs, Lisa Elena Nyawira, Sylvia Chege, Christine G. Kiria Guettou Djurfeldt, Nadia Kuria, Anne CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology, Kenya, 2022-2024. End of initiative key messages |
| title | CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology, Kenya, 2022-2024. End of initiative key messages |
| title_full | CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology, Kenya, 2022-2024. End of initiative key messages |
| title_fullStr | CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology, Kenya, 2022-2024. End of initiative key messages |
| title_full_unstemmed | CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology, Kenya, 2022-2024. End of initiative key messages |
| title_short | CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology, Kenya, 2022-2024. End of initiative key messages |
| title_sort | cgiar initiative on agroecology kenya 2022 2024 end of initiative key messages |
| topic | agriculture transformation consumer behaviour food systems agroecology value chains governance gender equality experimentation participatory approaches assessment private sector inclusion participatory action research policy innovation recycling organic residues |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/169315 |
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