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Volume 4, Issue 3

September 2012

Understanding the institutional framework for sustainable food security in Kenya

Issue Editors:

Gordon M. Hickey,
Bernard Pelletier,
Leigh Brownhill,
Geoffrey M. Kamau,
Immaculate N. Maina

11 articles in this issue

In this issue
Richard Strange
Editorial 27 July 2012 Pages: 331 - 331
Preface: Challenges and opportunities for enhancing food security in Kenya
Gordon M. Hickey
Bernard Pelletier
Immaculate N. Maina
Original Paper 31 July 2012 Pages: 333 - 340
The role of the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) in the attainment of household food security in Kenya: A policy and organizational review
Maureen K. Miruka
Julius J. Okello
Festus M. Murithi
Original Paper 22 June 2012 Pages: 341 - 354
Knowledge integration and the adoption of new agricultural technologies: Kenyan perspectives
Colleen M. Eidt
Gordon M. Hickey
Mark A. Curtis
Original Paper 29 March 2012 Pages: 355 - 367
Using interview triads to understand the barriers to effective food security policy in Kenya: a case study application
Leigh Brownhill
Gordon M. Hickey
Original Paper 19 April 2012 Pages: 369 - 380
Are food insecure smallholder households making changes in their farming practices? Evidence from East Africa
Patti Kristjanson
Henry Neufeldt
Richard Coe
Original Paper Open access 25 May 2012 Pages: 381 - 397
Land constraints in Kenya’s densely populated rural areas: implications for food policy and institutional reform
T. S. Jayne
Milu Muyanga
Original Paper Open access 20 March 2012 Pages: 399 - 421
“Modeling the impact of natural resource-based poverty traps on food security in Kenya: The Crops, Livestock and Soils in Smallholder Economic Systems (CLASSES) model”
Emma C. Stephens
Charles F. Nicholson
Susan J. Riha
Original Paper 04 April 2012 Pages: 423 - 439
Gender, agricultural commercialization, and collective action in Kenya
Elisabeth Fischer
Matin Qaim
Original Paper Open access 18 July 2012 Pages: 441 - 453
Cash, food, or vouchers? An application of the Market Information and Food Insecurity Response Analysis Framework in urban and rural Kenya
Hope Michelson
Erin C. Lentz
Christopher B. Barrett
Original Paper 26 April 2012 Pages: 455 - 469
Roger Thurow: A year in an African farm community on the brink of change
Terran Giacomini
Book Review 26 July 2012 Pages: 471 - 472