A New Rural-Urban Fish Food System Was Established in Kenya–Learning from Best Practices

Katrine Soma, Benson Obwanga and Charles Mbauni Kanyuguto
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Katrine Soma: Wageningen Economic Research, Wageningen University & Research (WUR), 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
Benson Obwanga: Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences Technology, Laikipia University, Nyahururu P.O. Box 1100-20300, Kenya
Charles Mbauni Kanyuguto: Nyeri County Fish Farmers Cooperative Society LTD, Nyeri P.O. Box 1773-10100, Kenya

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 13, 1-14

Abstract: Kibera, the largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya, is increasing in size and complexity due to migration from rural areas. Reaching the objectives of zero hunger and sustainable cities and communities (SDGs2 and 11) are urgent and complex challenges to future development. In this survey a new fish value-chain has been set up between a rural area called Nyeri district and the inhabitants of Kibera, to supply small-sized affordable and accessible fish. The main aim of this article is to investigate this best practice example to assist future initiatives to overcome the complex challenges and discuss reasons why it was successful. The methods applied to obtain information to conduct this survey include a literature review, two workshops, and five preparatory interviews of Kibera inhabitants. The contributions by two community leaders, one in Kibera and one in Nyeri, are central to understand why this project was successful. The community leaders were trusted in their local networks. To ensure a resilient rural-urban food system in the future, it is critically important to understand context-specific institutional mechanisms, which in Kenya are based in communities run by strong community leads with capacities to motivate and influence other actors in the network to improve and make changes.

Keywords: rural-urban food system; fish value-chain; Kibera; Nyeri; Kenya; zero hunger; food security; nutrition; formal and informal institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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