Kula Vyema Centre https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Past Research Projects Ongoing Projects Recently Completed Projects Prioritizing food systems interventions to reduce adolescents’ nutrition insecurity and malnutrition in low-income settings (2024-2028.) Mr. Philip Kamau Assessing Impacts of IFAD’s Upper Tana Catchment Natural Resource Management Project (UTaNRMP) on Poverty Reduction and Natural Resource Management in Kenya (Aug 2021 – Feb 2022) World Bank’s Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET) project survey in Kenya (November 2022 – June 2023) CIRAD’s “Analysis of the Nakuru City Region Food System in Face of Climate Change (Nakuru county, Kenya)” (March – July 2024) Identifying contextualized policy actions for nutritious and sustainable diets in Eastern Africa (Jan 2021 –Oct 2021) Promoting healthy diets and preventing Non- Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Kenya through effective fiscal policy (Apr 2020 – Mar 2022) CIMMYT’s “Next generation maize seed concept testing using a video-based product ranking tool (VPRT) survey in Kenya” (Feb – Apr 2022) Assessing the nutritional status of urban populations in Busia and Bungoma towns (Jan – May 2021). Assessment of the impact of desert locusts on crop loss and livelihoods in Kenya (Jan – June 2021) Rapid landscape analysis of organizations and networks with the capacity to contribute to the strengthening of healthy and sustainable food systems in Eastern Africa” (Dec 2020 –Oct 2021) IFPRI’s baseline study survey “Examining the digital divide among rural farmers in Kitui County, Kenya (June-October 2022) IFPRI’s “Nature-Positive Solutions (NPS) Baseline Study in Vihiga, Kisumu, and Kajiado counties in Kenya” (Nov 2022 – September 2023) Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic Response on Food Systems in Kenya (June 2020 – Aug 2021) Phone-based Endline Survey for IFPRI SATISFy Project (July – October 2020) Evaluating input and output market systems for CSA finger millet in Kericho, Irish Potatoes in Bomet, and Sorghum in West Pokot Counties (Nov 2019 – Dec 2021) Consumer Demand for Organic Foods in Kenya Study (Sep 2019 – Aug 2021) UNICEF Study on Potential Food Systems Based Solutions for Improved Quality of Complementary Foods for Young Children (December 2017 – July 2018) Home CIMMYT Agro-dealers Surveys in Uganda and Tanzania (August 2019 – October 2019) About CIMMYT Agro-dealers Study in Kenya (December 2018 – October 2019) CIMMYT Community Survey on Maize Stresses (December 2017 – October 2018) Follow-up Survey for IFPRI SATISFy Project (May 2018 – August 2018) Baseline Survey for IFPRI SATISFy Project (March – June 2017) Midline Survey for the Nutrition in City Ecosystems (NICE) Project in Busia and Bungoma Counties (October 2024-April 2025). Methodological Development for External Food Environment Surveillance Systems (EFESS) around Two Secondary Cities in Kenya (2023-2025) Evaluating the Impact of Digital Tool Integration in Potato Value Chains in Nakuru and Nyandarua, Kenya (September 2024 to January 2025) WorldFish “Risk, Risk Coping, and Resilience of Fish Food Systems in Kenya” study (2024). Impact evaluation of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Vegetables for All program in Kenya (2023-2025) Publications Contact Mission/Vision Our Objectives Mr. Anthony Ndirangu Projects Grace Wangui Mathenge Dr. Simon Chege Kimenju Poverty, Gender, Climate Change, Policy and Other Systems Food System Transformation Programs Healthy Diets, Nutrition and Health Sustainable Food Supply Chains Privacy Policy Ms. Joyce Waithira Our Team Food Environments and Consumer Choice News