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  • Publication | 2024
Steering Transformation - Pathways to Enhanced Coordination among Food Systems Actors in Kenya
Global Food and Nutrition Security

Globally, the momentum to transform food systems continues to grow. Kenya, like many other countries around the world, has committed itself to transforming its food systems. Its “Agricultural Sector Transformation and Growth Strategy 2019–2029” (ASTGS) provides a policy framework for food systems transformation. It prioritises three core areas: (1) raising farmers’ incomes; (2) increasing agricultural output and value addition; and (3) building household food resilience. The Government of Kenya’s Bottom -Up Economic Agenda (BETA) also prioritises agricultural transformation and inclusive growth. While these commitments mark an important first step, the transformation of food systems is an extremely complex process, which must consider multiple factors and challenges. In Kenya, these include balancing climate action and ecosystem preservation while meeting current and future food and nutrition needs (de Jong et al., 2024).