Atula OwadeinEnabling SustainabilityAs urban food insecurity worsens, school feeding provides a crucial safety netFirst launched in 1979, Kenya’s school feeding programmes have traditionally focused on rural and arid parts of the country. The current…Nov 1, 2022Nov 1, 2022
Atula OwadeinEnabling SustainabilityDrivers of urban food system transformation: Unpacking a social change process in NairobiA 2020 Integrated Food Security Classification Analysis conducted by the Kenyan Government and diverse partners identified the Mukuru…Oct 31, 2022Oct 31, 2022
Atula OwadeinEnabling SustainabilityWhat are you dishing up? The art of storytelling in transforming urban food systemsby Atula OwaMay 20, 20221May 20, 20221
Atula OwadeinEnabling SustainabilityMinimising resource conflict through Nature-based Solutions: Conservation in Kirisia Forest, KenyaKirisia forest is one of Kenya’s vital ‘water towers’, a source of rivers that feed arid regions. It is under threat…Jun 16, 2021Jun 16, 2021
Atula OwadeinEnabling SustainabilityCan Kenya’s manufacturing sector spur food, and economic diversification post Covid-19?The article explores whether the agro-processing sector could help realise the country’s constantly missed industrialization targets…Oct 22, 2020Oct 22, 2020
Atula OwadeinEnabling SustainabilityMore than 1 million livelihoods at risk as Kenya’s hospitality struggles…A market survey carried out by the Central Bank of Kenya in April revealed that a shocking 90% of employees in hotels had been laid off.…Aug 24, 2020Aug 24, 2020
Atula OwadeinEnabling SustainabilityHow Covid-19 is impacting Kenya’s food systems: The Good, The Bad, and The UglyWhen the pandemic was first reported in the country in early March, many feared the worst based on reports coming from Italy and other…Jul 22, 2020Jul 22, 2020
Atula OwadeinEnabling SustainabilityDrivers bear the brunt of Covid-19 border closures, as East Africa faces food security threatsAt least 2,000 trucks cross into Uganda from Kenya each day, through the Malaba and Busia border crossings .…Jul 7, 2020Jul 7, 2020
Atula OwadeinEnabling SustainabilityThe rise of online food purchases in Kenya: Will it last post Covid-19?It is still unclear whether this shift towards online shopping is permanent or is just a temporary coping mechanism. …Jul 2, 2020Jul 2, 2020
Atula OwadeinEnabling SustainabilityOf onions and trade wars in East Africa: The diplomatic dimension of Covid-19The humble onion offers a good case study of the pandemic’s impact, right from household level, to intra-regional trade in East Africa…Jun 25, 20201Jun 25, 20201