Kenya
This paper from the journal Health Policy and Planning compares the relative costs of two malaria prevention approaches implemented in a highland district of Kenya: indoor residual house-spraying (IRS), and insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs). The paper finds that the financial cost for IRS was US$0.86 per person whereas for ITNs it was $4.21. The economic cost per person...
Water is in the air we breathe and beneath the ground we walk on. The very substance of life, it makes up as much as 60 percent of the human body. And yet, for one billion people there is such a thing as life without water. These are the people seen in Dry - those who live in the dry lands of Africa, Asia, the Pacific, and the Americas, eking out an existence at once remarkable and mundane...
This report, written jointly by Norwegian Church Aid and the Church of Sweden, argues that rich countries must bear the main responsibility for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and facilitate the development and transfer of climate friendly technology that will benefit developing countries. Increased support for developing countries that will enable them to adjust to climate change is...
This issue of id21 insights focuses on innovation for poor people:
- Towards pro-poor innovation - Putting public value into science and technology: We live in a rapidly changing world. Technological advances are increasing productivity and income, quality of life and life expectancy… in the developed world, that is. The truth is...
Marugu is little known outside the Tiriki region of Kenya but has a potential for wide use not only among the Tiriki but throughout the entire western part of the country. The tubers remain underground and sprout at the onset of the first rains. This is a special and unique characteristic. So, the marugu offers new opportunities for trade and nutrition and provides another economic outlet for...
In the rural areas of Kenya, fuelwood remains the main source of energy for cooking, and women are responsible for ensuring a sufficient supply of fuel for their households.
In the 1990s, the Kenya Woodfuel Development Programme (KWDP) set out to find ways to give women better access to fuelwood. After a first appraisal of the predicament by male and female KWDP staff from western Kenya...
The potato is an important food crop in the highlands of Kenya. It is mostly grown in agro-ecological zones more than 1,500 metres above sea level, where population density and pressure on agricultural land is high. A major problem in smallholder potato production in Kenya is that many seed potatoes, the material for planting a new season’s crop, carry viruses and bacteria. In the...
Ngurunit location lies in the foothills of the Ndoto Mountains in the semi-arid environment of Northern Kenya. The local Samburu and Rendille pastoralists live in scattered villages and depend on their livestock for milk, meat and other products. Water is a problem for both humans and livestock. Though many riverbeds cut through the foothills, most have no surface flow except during the twice-...
The study conducted at Gamalenga, Kenya is on villagers struggling to harness local resources to fight against intense poverty. Low crop yields, lack of appropriate agricultural information and poor government marketing policies are the difficulties faced by farmers in this village. However, a combination of external intervention and farmer innovation has resulted in improved sweet potato...
The farmlands in semi-arid Mwingi District are rainfed mainly cultivating cereals and legumes. The limited supply of water, soil erosion, low rainfall and drought are major threats to crop production in this district. Due to these problems people spent hours to carry water from different water sources.
The four Ututu brothers residing in same area also faced similar problems. Despite a...
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