?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Smallholder+farming+agricultural+transformation%3A+implications+for+environmental+sustainability%2C%0D%0Ahousehold+dietary+diversity+and+food+(in)security&rft.creator=Nyokabi%2C+Ndungu+S&rft.creator=Phelan%2C+Lisette&rft.creator=Moore%2C+Henrietta+L&rft.description=This+study+explores+how+agricultural+sector+transformation+aimed+at+increasing+productivity+and%0D%0Aimproving+farmers%E2%80%99+livelihoods+and+realised+through+the+commercialisation+of+smallholder+agricultural%0D%0Aproduction+systems+has+impacted+environmental+sustainability%2C+household+dietary+diversity+and+food%0D%0A(in)security+in+the+seven+counties+in+the+Mau-Cherangany+complex+in+Kenya.+Farmers+were+selected%0D%0Athrough+convenience+and+purposive+sampling+by+a+team+of+Prosperity+Co-learning+Laboratory%0D%0A(PROCOL-Africa)+network+citizen+scientists.+Data+was+collected+through+key+informant+interviews%0D%0Aconducted+with+85+farmers.+Additionally%2C+data+was+collected+through+participatory+photography+and%0D%0Amapping+exercises+involving+45+farmers.%0D%0ACash+crops+such+as+avocado%2C+maize%2C+tea+and+coffee+are+increasingly+being+produced+in+Kenya.+The%0D%0Aagricultural+commercialisation+that+has+driven+this+land+use+change+has+accelerated+biodiversity+loss.%0D%0AThe+use+of+herbicides+to+control+weeds+has+led+to+the+loss+of+native+flora+and+fauna.+It+has+also+reduced%0D%0Aaccess+to+nutritious+indigenous+vegetables%2C+leading+to+a+reliance+on+the+consumption+of+purchased%0D%0Afoods+from+the+market%2C+and+negatively+impacted+household+food+security.+Holistic+approaches+to%0D%0Arealising+food+system+transformation+are+required+to+ensure+that+the+commercialisation+of+smallholder%0D%0Aagricultural+production+systems+is+not+pursued+at+the+expense+of+environmental+sustainability%2C%0D%0Asocioeconomic+inclusion%2C+and+rural+households%E2%80%99+food+and+nutritional+security.&rft.subject=Citizen+science%2C+food+system+transformation%2C+food+justice%2C+food+democracy&rft.publisher=IFSA&rft.date=2024-07-04&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A++Proceedings+of+IFSA+2024.+Theme+4%3A+Rethinking+and+reconfiguring+food+production+and+consumption.++++IFSA%3A+Trapani%2C+Italy.+(2024)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10198155%2F1%2FMoore_Smallholder%2520farming%2520agricultural%2520transformation%2520implications%2520for%2520environmental%2520sustainability%252C%2520household%2520dietary%2520diversity%2520and%2520food%2520%2528in%2529security.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10198155%2F&rft.rights=open