Farmers Helping FarmersPEI-based NGO since 1976

Volunteer based

Partnerships with Kenyan farmer groups, women’s group and schools

Supported by individuals, businesses, service orgs, churches, schools, UPEI, CIDA

Kenya • nearly ½ the population is poor & 80% of the poor live in

rural areas(IFAD, 2011) • Smallholder farm households rely on own-production for

food and income• Increasing smallholder agricultural productivity is one strategy

for decreasing food insecurity and rural poverty (Matshe, 2009) and remains underexploited (Hildebrand, 2008)

020406080

100Secure Insecure

Wakulima Self –Help Dairy Group

Household food security (percent of households)

Non-mem 1-3yrs 4-6yrs 7-9yrs 10+yrs

Muchui & Ruuju Women’s GroupsPercentage of women experiencing one of the four Household Food Insecurity levels 2011-2013

Secure Mildly Insecure Moderately Insecure Severely Insecure

13.2

2.6

21.1

63.2

16.2

5.4

35.1

43.2

29.7

16.221.6

32.4

2011 2012 2013

The Right to Food – “Human rights require active and effective remedies, not necessarily by the use of courts, but any person or group violated should have access to remedial measures, judicial or otherwise”