Nyokabi, Ndungu S;
Phelan, Lisette;
Moore, Henrietta L;
(2024)
Smallholder farming agricultural transformation: implications for environmental sustainability,
household dietary diversity and food (in)security.
In:
Proceedings of IFSA 2024. Theme 4: Rethinking and reconfiguring food production and consumption.
IFSA: Trapani, Italy.
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Abstract
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.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | Smallholder farming agricultural transformation: implications for environmental sustainability, household dietary diversity and food (in)security |
| Event: | 15th IFSA Conference |
| Location: | Trapani, Italy |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://ifsa2024.crea.gov.it/theme-4-rethinking/ |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Citizen science, food system transformation, food justice, food democracy |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > UCL Institute for Global Prosperity |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10198155 |
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