How is the Food Systems Lab improving urban diets in Kisumu, Kenya? – IMG 20220411 112521 744 scaled

How is the Food Systems Lab improving urban diets in Kisumu, Kenya?

Authors: Christine Chege, Casey Tokeshi & Consolata Musita Find out how Alliance researchers are collaborating with residents in low-income neighborhoods to improve production and consumption of nutritious foods such as African Leafy Vegetables and fish. Understanding access to nutritious food In Kisumu, a Kenyan port city on Lake Victoria, low-income residents face limited access to […]

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FSL Kisumu uses multi-stakeholder engagement to improve diets in Urban Kisumu – Kisumu1

FSL Kisumu uses multi-stakeholder engagement to improve diets in Urban Kisumu

The HealthyFoodAfrica Kisumu Food System Lab aims to enhance African Leafy Vegetables (ALVs) and fish value chains for diverse, safe, nutritious and affordable food for urban poor in Kisumu. Author: Robert Ouko Using an interactive, multi-stakeholder approach, the lab is working with different stakeholders and actors along the two value chains to achieve its goal. […]

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Promoting consumption of African Leafy Vegetables and fish in urban Kisumu

The main goal of the Kisumu Food System Lab is to improve diets of consumers in urban Kisumu, especially the resource-poor consumers, through increased consumption of African Leafy Vegetables (ALVs) and fish. Our Food System Lab will bring together stakeholders of the two value chains and aim to address value chain constraints limiting consumption of these two commodities, such as non-availability, non-affordability, and seasonality. 

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