Sustainable value chains in Kenya

Pastoralist and agro-pastoralist households in the ASALs are especially vulnerable to the risk posed by climate change. When a drought occurs, households often cope with large losses by selling their remaining livestock and reducing meals, strategies that diminish household productivity and result in irreversible stunting in young children. The AICS-funded project Farming the Future has been promoting the resilience and self-reliance of the Laikipia County communities in Kenya by improving the economic conditions of women-led agro-pastoral groups in the Sub-county of Laikipia North over 3 years. The project is doing so by diversifying agricultural production and increasing the profitability of micro-business activities. The Farming the Future project is led by IPSIA and works extensively on food and nutrition security, water access, agronomic support in arid areas, the transformation of agricultural produce, as well as tourism.

ENV will serve the AICS-funded Action from the beginning of its implementation in December 2019 to its end in 2022. Our experts have assessed the project baseline, trained the consortium staff on MEAL, household-level surveys, and the external midterm evaluation. We will furthermore provide the final evaluations of the Farming the Future project.