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Climate Change in the Context of the Big Four Agenda
On Thursday, July 18, 2019, Kenya Markets Trust convened a conversational and knowledge-sharing workshop in Nairobi focussing on the impacts of climate change in the attainment of the country’s Big Four Agenda.
Between 2014 to 2018, Kenya Markets Trust, …
Nanyuki Water and Sewerage Company Boldly Commits to Improving Service Delivery
On June 13, 2019, Kenya Markets Trust supported the Nanyuki Water and Sewerage Company (NAWASCO) in launching 100-day service improvement targets as a commitment to improving access to safe and quality water to the people of Nanyuki. These 100-day targets …
KMT Partners with State to Develop a National Livestock Policy
Kenya Markets Trust (KMT) has partnered and supported the State Department of Livestock (SDL) to develop the National Livestock Policy. The first draft was endorsed by stakeholders from different departments of the livestock sector during a validation meeting at …
KMT Sticker Label Activation boosts seed quality in the market
Kenya Markets Trust sticker label activation is key in ensuring that the quality of seeds planted by farmers is the best.
The initiative, which was spearheaded by KMT and Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) Amongst other stakeholders …
Kenya meat cost among the highest in the globe
Kenya cost of meat is the sixth highest in the world.
Kenya Market Trust CEO Kamau Kuria pointed out that the livestock resource value in the country is valued at USD 4.2b.
Kamau was …
UK HIGH COMMISSIONER HAILEY HAILS KMT WORK
The UK high commissioner to Kenya Nic Hailey has commended the work Kenya Markets Trust is doing to boost food security in the country.
Speaking during a courtesy call at KMT Headquarters at 14 Riverside, Mr. Hailey praised the staff …
Food security remains a fallacy without structured way of addressing land usage in Kenya
By Chris Silali and Chris Shimba
Elementary economics and entrepreneurship validates land as one of the key factors of production. Commonly defined as the part of the earth that is not covered by water, land goes beyond being a …
How can women-led SMEs in Kenya’s semi-arid lands build resilience to climate change?
By Joanes Atela and Kate Gannon
Semi-arid lands (SALs) in developing countries are climate change ‘hot spots’ – or areas where climate change is having grave impacts, such as longer and more frequent droughts. This creates new challenges for jobs …
6 Lessons On Systemic Change From Motherhood And Parenting
By Eric Momanyi, Emomanyi@kenyamarkets.org
Over time, it has become clear that for change to become sustainable, change agents must not embed themselves as part of the system they are trying to change. If we understand how a particular system operates …
We can turn curse of Laikipia conflicts into blessing
Abdikarim Daud
Adaud@kenyamarkets.org
Parents are supposed to love, support and create an environment of beautiful upbringing. The sad reality is that this is not always the case. The responsibility becomes even wider for parents when it comes to considering the …
Alternative Livelihoods in Response to The Changing Climate
By Dr. Chris Silali and Sylvia Wafula
Climate change is by far the most ravaging and hard to mitigate natural disaster which cannot be addressed through short term fire-fighting tactics.
Effects of Climate change are evident in the shifting weather …
VIDEO: Providing Water to Wandiege Residents; Improving livelihoods
The right to clean and safe drinking water is enshrined in the article 43 of the 2010 Kenyan constitution. The human right to water entitles everyone to sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water for personal and domestic use. …