Resilient Food Systems Uganda project visits Kenya for a South-South exchange

Abstract

Cross-programmatic learning is a key component of the Resilient Food Systems (RFS) programme. With 12 country projects across the continent, exchange visits between projects provide an opportunity for teams operating in different contexts, but with similar goals, to compare innovative approaches and technologies, share lessons learnt, and showcase best practices. The RFS Uganda and /country/kenya projects both work directly with smallholder farmers whose livelihoods are challenged by land degradation, reduced soil fertility, and climate variability. The RFS Uganda project ‘Fostering Sustainability and Resilience for Food Security in Karamoja’, implemented jointly by FAO and UNDP, aims to address environmental drivers of food insecurity. In neighbouring Kenya, the ‘Upper Tana Nairobi Water Fund’, implemented by The Nature Conservancy with support from IFAD, is working to improve water quality and quantity for upstream and downstream users of the Upper Tana River Basin