Leveraging the New Bottom-Up Economic Plan for Food System Transformation in Kenya

Kenya NPS Seminar Leveraging the New Bottom-Up Economic Plan for Food System Transformation in Kenya Co-organized by IFPRI, CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies, and KIPPRA December 5, 2022 – 14:00 - 16:00 PM EAT The new Kenyan Government faces a complex domestic and global environment. It is expected to address these challenges with a new set of policies and programs as part of its most recent Bottom-Up Economic Plan, to which research-based evidence can contribute and support decision makers in the design and implementation process. To provide such research-based evidence, the Kenyan Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) invite you to the second edition of the Kenya National Policies and Strategies (NPS) Seminar Series. This hybrid NPS seminar will take place on Monday, December 5, 14:00 – 16.00 EAT. The seminar will discuss results from an ongoing effort by KIPPRA and the CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies to quantify the expected impacts of implementing the Bottom-Up Economic Plan on key socio-economic outcomes such as the food system, jobs, poverty, inequality, and diets. To highlight the important links between the Bottom-Up Economic Plan and food system transformation in Kenya, the seminar will also present recommendations from a new NPS policy brief on “Transforming Food Systems in Kenya for a New Era of Growth and Prosperity”. Welcome Rose Ngugi, Executive Director, KIPPRA Channing Arndt, Senior Director, Transformation Strategies, CGIAR and Director, Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI Keynote Njuguna Ndung’u, Cabinet Secretary, National Treasury, and Economic Planning Mithika Linturi, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development - message read by Hon. Kello Harsama, Permanent Secretary, State Department for Crop Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development of Kenya Estimated impacts of implementing the Bottom Up Economic Plan on food systems and social outcomes Introduction: James Thurlow, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI •Benson Kiriga, Senior Policy Analyst, KIPPRA •Lensa Omune, Research Officer, IFPRI Transforming food systems to support the Bottom-Up Economic Plan Introduction: Juneweenex Mbuthia, Research Officer, IFPRI •Joseph Karugia, Principal Scientist – Agricultural Economist and Policy Expert, ILRI/CGIAR Panel discussion and reflections on the study Introduction: Joshua Laichena, Senior Policy Analyst, KIPPRA Q&A Moderator: Purnima Menon, Senior Director for Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR; Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Closing Remarks Clemens Breisinger, IFPRI Country Program Leader & Lead, CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies Rose Ngugi, Executive Director, KIPPRA Adjourn Related publication: Transforming food systems in Kenya for a new era of growth and prosperity: Research-based recommendations for the new governmenthttps://www.ifpri.org/publication/transforming-food-systems-kenya-new-era-growth-and-prosperity-research-based More about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/leveraging-new-bottom-economic-plan-food-system-transformation-kenya Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription