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Intervention Designs for Household Food Security: Lessons from Kenya

Intervention Designs for Household Food Security: Lessons from Kenya The study on this paper seeks to identify intervention design(s) which have had an impact on household food security in Kenya's drylands, and could be replicated in other places with similar conditions. Five different ex‐post interventions in the drylands of Kenya were evaluated using descriptive statistics and econometric models. It was shown that the intervention project design which had integrated provision of irrigation water and access to markets for both farm inputs and produce in its development strategies had an impact through improvement in the levels and stability of household incomes. Access to markets included institutional organization and provision of transport. In conclusion, food security policy in the drylands should focus on creating an enabling environment for farmers in terms of market organization and provision of irrigation infrastructure. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png African Development Review Wiley

Intervention Designs for Household Food Security: Lessons from Kenya

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Wiley
Copyright
© 2013 African Development Bank
ISSN
1017-6772
eISSN
1467-8268
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8268.2013.12026.x
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Abstract

The study on this paper seeks to identify intervention design(s) which have had an impact on household food security in Kenya's drylands, and could be replicated in other places with similar conditions. Five different ex‐post interventions in the drylands of Kenya were evaluated using descriptive statistics and econometric models. It was shown that the intervention project design which had integrated provision of irrigation water and access to markets for both farm inputs and produce in its development strategies had an impact through improvement in the levels and stability of household incomes. Access to markets included institutional organization and provision of transport. In conclusion, food security policy in the drylands should focus on creating an enabling environment for farmers in terms of market organization and provision of irrigation infrastructure.

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African Development ReviewWiley

Published: Jun 1, 2013

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