Document category: East Africa
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Policy brief: Putting indigenous foods at the heart of food security in Uganda
This policy brief summarises a research report documenting the status, and importance of indigenous food systems in Uganda. It provides practical recommendations for policy implementation at the government, programme and community level, emphasising the need for application to happen at all three levels in order to truly have real, lasting impact.
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Taking stock: Uganda Food Change Lab
The Uganda Food Change Lab advocates for a more conducive policy environment to achieve both sustainable diets and a productive, sustainable local food system. This publication documents the Lab’s journey, highlighting concrete interventions, lessons learned and the way forward.
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Open Source Seeds Networking: Towards a global community of seed commons
This publication provides an overview and captures progress on the development of a global community around open source seeds. The Sustainable Diets for All programme in conjunction with the Hivos Open Source Seeds Programme works towards improving access to seeds for smallholder farmers worldwide.
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Beyond fire: Backcasting a pathway to fully electric cooking in rural Kenya by 2030
The report “Beyond Fire: Backcasting a pathway to fully electric cooking in rural Kenya by 2030″ shows that working together with communities and investing in their social capacity are key to success in the transition to 100% electric cooking.
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Lessons from outcome harvesting in Monitoring and Evaluation
Outcome harvesting (OH) is a methodology that is designed for use in complex situations where the relationship between cause and effect is not fully understood or is unclear and/or where many different actors influence change.
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Sustainable diets and Covid-19
Hivos and IIED launched a new paper that calls upon governments to adopt crisis mitigation measures that are truly green and inclusive.
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Creative hub leader’s toolkit
Creative hubs play a vital role in supporting the self-sufficiency and independence of makers of cultural and media productions. As ‘convenors of creatives,’ hubs serve local communities and connect creative practitioners.
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Impact of COVID-19 on women workers in the horticulture sector in Kenya
A rapid assessment of the effects of COVID-19 by Hivos East Africa’s Women@Work indicates that food security is a major concern for flower farm workers mainly due to job losses and increasing food prices.
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Open contracting and inclusion
Who benefits from open contracting? In Hivos’ latest publication on open contracting and inclusion, five cases were selected to explore the possible benefits of open contracting for marginalized communities.
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A manual for strengthening women’s leadership in the horticultural sector
This manual will help you carry out a strategy to develop transformative feminist leadership in the East African Horticultural sector.
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Beyond maize: exploring agricultural diversification in Zambia
This discussion paper explores the reasons for the lack of agricultural diversity from the perspectives of smallholder households, market actors and extension officers.
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A lobby and advocacy approach to energy access
This document is a description of Hivos’ lobby and advocacy approach to promoting green and inclusive energy. The document describes how we think change happens and can be used as a guide by others.
