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Citation
Rutting, L.; Njoroge Kimani, M.; Veeger, M.; Von Breymann, R. (2024) A contextual analysis of Kenya’s food system and policy environment. 26 p.
Introduction
The Disruptive Seeds workstream, part of Work Package 3 of CGIAR’s Research Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR), aims to facilitate the ideation of transformative food systems change inspired by existing, promising initiatives -Seeds- that offer sustainable and just alternatives to current, unsustainable systems. After identifying such initiatives, stakeholders are then brought together to envision pathways of transformation towards “bright” future visions based on scaled versions of those seed initiatives. The Disruptive Seeds approach builds on the Seeds of Good Anthropocenes approach that was introduced by Bennett et al. (2016), by adding emphasis on an important aspect of transformational change – the role of power dynamics.
After beginning with the application of the Disruptive Seeds approach in Guatemala in 2022, ClimBeR then initiated a second intervention in Kenya in 2024. To identify promising and relevant seed initiatives and organizations that can help ‘nurture’ these seeds to grow in terms of impact and challenge the current system, or incumbent regime, we need to have a thorough understanding of Kenya’s food system, including the policy environment, its power dynamics and the challenges it faces. This report summarizes the key findings which helped refine our focus in searching for seed initiatives.