Elcah Barasa Nafula, an international relations graduate, never imagined herself working on a farm despite owning a piece of land in her rural home in Kitale. She dreamt of working in the tall skyscrapers of Nairobi in her field. However, her perception changed after working as a communications intern with the Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) movement. This global network enables youths to exploit their potential in innovative farming practices. Elcah is now a successful organic farmer in Ndalu and Kitale which are rural communities. She has empowered her fellow youths and farmers in the local community by training them on the technologies and innovation of organic farming through the support of Biovision Africa Trust where she uses her small farm as a demonstration plot.
Organic Technology Extension and Promotion, an initiative centre founded by a young farmer Philip Munyasia from Northern Kenya has successfully brought knowledge, empowerment and joy to northern Kenyan communities. The initiative that started by growing varieties of organic vegetables, making compost, saving seeds, and planting trees has expanded and has even managed to employ staff who offer training to hundreds of farmers each year, do follow-ups and organize farmer exchange programmes. The growing self-reliance in food and income within the community has resulted
in successful transformation and adoption of organic farming by the village community members.
3.4 Climate Smart Agriculture
Climate Smart agriculture (CSA) is an approach to transform and reorient agricultural systems to effectively support development and ensure food security in a changing climate (FAO 2013). Its benefits are three dimensional: It boosts food security by enhancing increased agricultural productivity as well as incomes of smallholder farmers; it helps farmers build resilience to climate change; and it contributes to climate change mitigation. Food security is already a challenge to many African countries, in fact Africa has one of the highest concentrations of food insecurity in the world (Figure 3). Climate Smart Agriculture can be a means to achieving national food security. Productivity, adaptation, and mitigation are the three pillars of CSA. Firstly, CSA aims to sustainably increase productivity and income; secondly, to strengthen ecosystems and improve the resilience of production systems against climate change; and lastly, to reduce GHG production and increase carbon storage on farmlands.
Figure 3: Concentration and distribution of food insecurity by severity globally and by region, 2018
Total population 7 633 million
Total population 4 545 million
Total population 1 288 million
2 014 1 039 704 World
Total population Moderate or severe food insecurity Severe food insecurity
Source: FAO et al. (2019) Asia 354 Africa 676 277 89 11
Northern America And Europe
Latin America 188 55
Total population 1 106 million
Total population 608 million
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