Case Study

Strengthening climate-resilient food and nutrition security in Kenya through participatory learning reaches 564,561 people with 37,470 innovation adopters

author(s)

Waswa, Boaz

themes
  • Crops for nutrition and health
  • Multifunctional landscapes
  • Climate action
regions
  • Kenya
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Waswa, B.; Nchanji, E.; Ketema, D.; Mwendia, S.; Lutomia, C.; Girvetz, E. (2026) Strengthening climate-resilient food and nutrition security in Kenya through participatory learning reaches 564,561 people with 37,470 innovation adopters. Study 2524. Rome (Italy): Bioversity International; Cali (Colombia): International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). 3 p.

Between 2022 and 2024, the Ukama Ustawi (UU) and Scaling for Impact Initiatives, with the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), Cereal Growers Association (CGA), Africa Conservation Tillage Network (ACTN), and county governments, implemented participatory mother-baby trials in Nakuru, Makueni, and Embu counties, Kenya, to address drought, food insecurity, and malnutrition through climate-smart, nutrition-sensitive, and socially inclusive innovations.