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Community-led participatory approaches to improving dietary diversity in Vihiga County, Kenya

An information sheet with brief overview of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and the work that has been carried out in Vihiga County since 2015. The information sheet briefly presents the results of the quasi-experimental evaluation exercise of the integrated community based approach for farm market and diet diversity that was developed and first tested in Vihiga County. The information sheet further explains the next steps that were taken such as guiding the same communities to set up their own farmer resource centres and community seed bank for traditional leafy vegetables
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectFarming Systems
PublisherAlliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
Publication year2020
RegionsAfrica
LanguagesEnglish
Resource typePublications
Resource linkhttps://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/110074/community-led_Nowicki_2020.pdf
KeywordsBest practices approaches and techniques; Value chain; Community seed banks; Plant breeding
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