The impact of Bioversity International African Leafy Vegetables programme in Kenya

dc.contributor.authorGotor, E.en
dc.contributor.authorIrungu, C.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialKenyaen
dc.coverage.spatialAfricaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:07:57Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:07:57Zen
dc.date.issued2010en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis article assesses the position of Bioversity International and its associates in the African Leafy Vegetables programme (ALV) and evaluates the effect of the programme on income of local farmers throughout four different areas in Kenya. For this assessment, a situation-based Ego, Alter and Researcher (EAR) instrument was used. This approach gathers data from three different perspectives and compares and analyzes all three. Bioversity staff members made up the Ego perspective. The Alter perspective consisted of Bioversity's external associates, which do not have a formal relationship. These groups were given in-depth interviews and the data was compared with project reports, peer-reviewed journals or other documents. The four study areas chosen were the Kisii district in Nyanza Province, the Tharaka-Nithi district in Eastern Province, the Kilifi district in Coast Province and peri-urban Nairobi. The first three sites were selected because of their extensive biodiversity in ALV and also their cultural diversity. Nairobi was included in the study because the second phase of the programme was focused around the city. The results indicated that Bioversity provided appropriate motivation and was an effective organizer of the ALV programme. There has been a significant increase in the cultivation, consumption and bartering of ALVs since 1997. Women remain the predominant force in a majority of ALV production. Typically those farms that sell ALVs have a slightly higher standard of living than those farms that do not sell ALVs.en
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dc.identifier4719en
dc.identifier.citationImpact Assessment and Project Appraisal 28(1): 41-55en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3152/146155110X488817en
dc.identifier.issn1461-5517en
dc.identifier.issn1471-5465en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68955en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherBeech Tree Publishingen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright IAIA 2010en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectBiodiversityen
dc.subjectCash cropsen
dc.subjectLivelihoodsen
dc.subjectAgrobiodiversityen
dc.subjectPovertyen
dc.subjectEconomic impactsen
dc.subjectDevelopment programsen
dc.subjectEvaluationsen
dc.subjectLeafy vegetablesen
dc.subjectOn-farm conservationen
dc.subjectProject appraisalen
dc.subjectDevelopment programsen
dc.subjectGreen vegetablesen
dc.subjectPoverty alleviationen
dc.subjectAgrobiodiversityen
dc.subjectAlvsen
dc.subjectIn situ conservationen
dc.subjectKenyaen
dc.subjectImpact assessmenten
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titleThe impact of Bioversity International African Leafy Vegetables programme in Kenyaen
dc.typeAbstracten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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