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%A Nyokabi, Ndungu S
%A Phelan, Lisette
%A Moore, Henrietta L
%C Trapani, Italy
%D 2024
%F discovery:10198155
%I IFSA
%K Citizen science, food system transformation, food justice, food democracy
%T Smallholder farming agricultural transformation: implications for environmental sustainability,  household dietary diversity and food (in)security
%U https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10198155/
%X This study explores how agricultural sector transformation aimed at increasing productivity and  improving farmers’ livelihoods and realised through the commercialisation of smallholder agricultural  production systems has impacted environmental sustainability, household dietary diversity and food  (in)security in the seven counties in the Mau-Cherangany complex in Kenya. Farmers were selected  through convenience and purposive sampling by a team of Prosperity Co-learning Laboratory  (PROCOL-Africa) network citizen scientists. Data was collected through key informant interviews  conducted with 85 farmers. Additionally, data was collected through participatory photography and  mapping exercises involving 45 farmers.  Cash crops such as avocado, maize, tea and coffee are increasingly being produced in Kenya. The  agricultural commercialisation that has driven this land use change has accelerated biodiversity loss.  The use of herbicides to control weeds has led to the loss of native flora and fauna. It has also reduced  access to nutritious indigenous vegetables, leading to a reliance on the consumption of purchased  foods from the market, and negatively impacted household food security. Holistic approaches to  realising food system transformation are required to ensure that the commercialisation of smallholder  agricultural production systems is not pursued at the expense of environmental sustainability,  socioeconomic inclusion, and rural households’ food and nutritional security.
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