Alternative investment models for county governments in Kenya
With this report, ActionAid Kenya analyses the current investment patterns/priorities of local budgets in Kenya and provide alternative models of investment for local and/or county governments in
Agroecology and Resilience Project Brochure (ActionAid Senegal)
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Agroecology and Resilience Project Stories of Change (ActionAid Senegal)
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How the IMF’s Comprehensive Surveillance Review sidelines gender equality
The International Monetary Fund’s recently published Comprehensive Surveillance Review (CSR) fails to address the impact of its policy prescriptions on gender equality and women’s rights, the ability
Meals per Gallon: The impact of industrial biofuels on people and global hunger
Industrial biofuels – fuels made on an industrial scale from agricultural crops – have been put forward as an answer to energy security, climate change and rural development. ActionAid believes they
Fuelling Evictions - Community Cost of EU Biofuels Boom
Over 20,000 people living in the Dakatcha Woodland, in Kenya’s coast region, are at risk of losing their homes and land for a biofuels plantation, producing fuel for the EU market. This report shows
Sustainability Criteria Review for Jatropha Biofuels from Dakatcha Woodland in Kenya
The European Union’s Renewable Energy Directive contains a set of criteria designed to encourage the promotion of biofuels from sustainable sources.To count towards renewable energy targets in the EU
Land Husbandry, Water Harvesting & Hillside Irrigation Project
The project, the "Land Husbandry, Water Harvesting and Hillside Irrigation Project" (LWH) is focused on creating terraces on hillsides, improving the soil on the land under cultivation on these
Implications of biofuels production on food security in Tanzania
This study examines the impact of production of biofuels on food security, socio-economy and the environment in six districts of Tanzania namely Rufiji, Kisarawe, Bagamoyo, Lindi, Kilwa and Arusha