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The Role of Changing Housing Policies in Housing Affordability and Accessibility in Developing Countries: The Case of Kenya.

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2020
Kenya
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
Land & Food Security
community land rights
land access
land administration
land conflicts
land governance
land information systems
land investments
land management
land ownership
land policies
land productivity
land reform
land rights
land tenure
land-use planning
tenure security
Rapid urbanization has led to the influx of people into urban areas as people seek better life opportunities This migration has however largely not been planned resulting in population explosions in the cities Relying on existing research on the topic and government reports this study finds that many middle and lowincome families in Kenya have ended up living in informal settlements in urban areas due to housing unaffordability The study further determines that the problem of housing is more pronounced in developing countries Studies related to this issue establish that the housing crisis c
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Expanding Opportunities: A Framework for Gender and Socially-Inclusive Climate Resilient Agriculture

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2021
Africa, Kenya
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
development
food security
agricultural and rural legislation
climate change
land conservation
Limiting global warming to the 2°C target that countries have committed to in the 2015 Paris Agreement, and reaching the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, will require large-scale expansion of climate-resilient approaches in agriculture and food systems. In order to achieve the scale of change required, coordinated action is needed from global to local levels, from research to policy and investment, and across private, public, and civil society sectors.
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Études de cas sur les modalités de conversion des usages des sols

Manuals & Guidelines
March, 2023
Kenya, Tanzania, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Myanmar, India
Forest Landscape Restoration
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
land investments
women
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Land Access in the Development of Horticultural Crops in East Africa. A Case Study of Passion Fruit in Burundi, Kenya, and Rwanda

Sustainability

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2020
Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda
Land & Food Security
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
Land & Investments
land access
Rapid population growth in fertile agricultural lands of East Africa creates land scarcity, which has become a major hindrance to land access for the introduction of new horticultural crops. But their introduction in these areas is increasing, because of their high market price, which improves farmers’ income. As such, this research evaluated land access dynamics (availability, acquisition, and use changes) on the introduction of passion fruits in East Africa.
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Unpacking the Land and Socio‐Economic Effects of the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Rural Kenya

Journal Articles & Books
October, 2022
Kenya
Land & Food Security
COVID-19
land governance
rural development
food security
rural areas
land access
farmers
smallholders
rural population
Following its outbreak in late 2019, the Coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) has been reported to have had devastating human health, health systems, and socioeconomic impacts across the globe.
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A Hybrid Approach to Decolonize Formal Water Law in Africa

IWMI Research Report 173

October, 2018
Kenya
Land & Food Security
water
smallholders
use rights
water
In recent decades;many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have pursued national water permit systems;derived from the colonial era and reinforced by “global best practice.” These systems have proved logistically impossible to manage and have worsened inequality in water access. This study traces the origins of these systems;and describes their implementation and consequences for rural smallholders in Kenya;Malawi;South Africa;Uganda and Zimbabwe.
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The economic lives of smallholder farmers

An analysis based on household data from nine countries

Reports & Research
March, 2015
Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Albania
Land & Food Security
sustainable development
land-use planning
rural areas
land use
smallholders
rural population
About two-thirds of the developing world’s 3 billion rural people live in about 475 million small farm households, working on land plots smaller than 2 hectares. 1 Many are poor and food insecure and have limited access to markets and services. Their choices are constrained, but they farm their land and produce food for a substantial proportion of the world’s population. Besides farming they have multiple economic activities, often in the informal economy, to contribute towards their small incomes.
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Evaluating the Impact of Large-Scale Agricultural Investments on Household Food Security Using an Endogenous Switching Regression Model

Volume 10 Issue 3

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2021
Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique
Land & Food Security
food security
scale
This study set out to estimate the effects of large-scale agricultural investments (LSAIs) on household food security in one community each in Kenya, Madagascar and Mozambique. An endogenous switching regression model was adopted to control for a possible selection bias due to unobserved factors. It was found that households with members employed by large-scale agricultural investment companies were more likely larger households headed by younger migrant males holding smaller plots and fewer livestock than non-engaged households.
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Land Access, Land Rental and Food Security: Evidence from Kenya

Reports & Research
January, 2014
Kenya
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
food security
land access
Constrained access to land is increasingly recognized as a problem impeding rural household welfare in densely populated areas of Africa. This study utilizes household and plot level data from rural Kenya to explore the linkage between land access and food security. We find that a 10% increase in operated land size would increase total cereal consumption and home produced food consumption by 0.8% and 2.0%, respectively. We also find that land rental is the dominant mechanism that poor rural farmers use to access additional land for cultivation.
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Land Access, Land Rental and Food Security: Evidence from Kenya

Reports & Research
January, 2015
Kenya, Norway, United States of America
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
food security
land
land access
land rent
Constrained access to land is increasingly recognized as a problem impeding rural household welfare in densely populated areas of Africa. This study utilizes household and parcel level data from rural Kenya to explore the linkage between land access and food security. We find that a 10% increase in operated land size would increase household total food consumption per capita, cereal consumption per capita, non-cereal consumption, and home produced food consumption by 2.6%, 2.1%, 2.7% and 5.4%, respectively.