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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.
Sec. Land, Livelihoods and Food Security
Volume 8 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2024.1508056
This article is part of the Research Topic Indigenous and Local Knowledge as a Catalyst for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security View all 3 articles

Strengthening small-scale farmers capability to enhance local food access amid disruptions

Provisionally accepted
John Munyoro John Munyoro *
  • Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland

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    This research reassesses the efficacy of long-term food systems and assesses strengthening small-scale farmers' capabilities through targeted skills development and education programs as driving towards sustainable livelihoods. The study aims to enhance adaptive resilience through access to local food and markets amid supply chain disruptions. Analyzing 1307 households across 47 Kenyan counties, testing hypothesis relationships entailing skills development, education levels, farming practices, disruptions, food access, and technical skills transformation. Significant relationships were found, households possessing higher education levels correlating with better adaptation to supply chain disruptions, farming resilience, and local food transformation. The findings underscore the importance of indigenous and localized knowledge, resilient food systems, and adaptive resilience, recommending policies that promote local skills development to strengthen food systems stability Indigenous

    Keywords: Small-scale farmers, Local food systems, skills development, resilience, Disruption, supply chain, capability, accessibility

    Received: 08 Oct 2024; Accepted: 20 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Munyoro. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: John Munyoro, Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland

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