By
Gloria Otieno
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Presentation Outline
Context: Kenya
Objectives and TORs
Research Plan
Methodology
Expected Outputs
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Kenya Context Food Security
Situation
 Poverty in Kenya currently stands 46%
 Over 10 million Kenyans are facing food poverty –
(cannot meet 50% of daily food requirements).
 Currently 0ver 4.5 million Kenyans are in need of food
aid partly due to


drought especially in the ASALs and
high food prices ( 100-130% above normal) especially in the
urban areas.
 output of Maize fell from a surplus of 9million bags in
2006 to a deficit of 15 million bags on 2009
 Deficit therefore requires imports from the region
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The Kenyan Context: Trade
 Kenya ascribes to two main Regional Trade
Agreements
 COMESA – Customs Union ( 19 Countries in
ESA)
 EAC – Customs Union – UG, TZ, Rwanda,
Burundi
 Exports to the Region consist of Consumer
goods & Petroleum Products
 Main trading partner is Uganda 15.6%, and
Tanzania- 7.7% and Rwanda 3.3%).
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Kenyan Context contd’
 Imports are mainly from Tanzania and Uganda
and consist of Grains – maize, beans and finger
millet, as well as fruits and vegetables
 Most trade is informal through porous borders
and mainly carried out by small scale producers
and traders in small but significant quantities.
 Livelihoods in most rural areas therefore
depend on agriculture, livestock production or
small scale trade
 Impacts on incomes and food security.
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Objectives and TORs
This research aims to
explore the linkages
between Agricultural trade
(Both regional and
international), and its
implications on livelihoods
and food security in Kenya.
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Specific Objectives …1
 To collect information on and
analyse
1. The recent trends in regional
trade in agriculture in the EAC,
and
2. Linkages
btn, trade, food
security and rural livelihoods in
Kenya;
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Specific Objectives..(2)
 Determine
the
magnitude
and
composition of formal and informal
Agricultural trade and implications on
food security and rural livelihoods in
Kenya
1. Implications food prices
2. Implications on volumes
3. Implications on Rural Livelihoods
 Incomes, employment and poverty
 categorization – pastoralists, farmers,
urban poor and ASALs
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Specific Objectives..(3)
 Examining policy implications
1. Roles
of
different
actors/stakeholders
2. National
policies related to
agriculture, trade and food security
3. Development of a framework to
leverage
regional
trade
in
agriculture to improve food
security and rural livelihoods in
Kenya
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Research Plan
 Phase I
 Desk review of existing literature, secondary data on
trends on trade, food security and livelihoods in Kenya
 Phase II
 Determining Linkages between and Implications of
Trade, food security and rural livelihoods in Kenya
 Phase III -Analysis of policy implications, roles of
stakeholders and synergies
 Various Initiatives on food security/aid
 Various stakeholders, institutions and key players
 National Policy framework
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Data Sources/Types..1
 Secondary data from Kenya National
Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of
Agriculture International Statistical
Sources.
 Primary data collection Key informant
survey- stakeholders, institutions, key
government agencies
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Expected Outputs
Preliminary report based on phase I of the research
(desk review)
2. Draft report based on Phase I and II after data
collection and synthesis
3. Final Report to be presented at a national
consultation/stakeholder’s forum
4. Policy brief based on the research findings
1.
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Thank You!
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