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SAGA Workshop on
EMPOWERING THE RURAL POOR AND REDUCING THEIR RISK AND VULNERABILITY
February 10, 2005
Nairobi, Kenya
An International Conference sponsored by
Cornell University and
Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR)


The SAGA Kenya project hosted a policy conference on "Empowering the Rural Poor and Reducing their Risk and Vulnerability" on Thursday, February 10, 2005, at the Grand Regency Hotel in Nairobi. The event was opened by the Hon. Peter Kaindi, Assistant Minister of Agriculture and Member of Parliament. Five other Members of Parliament were in attendance for most or all of the event, including the Hon. Franklin Bett, Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture. Two former Permanent Secretariers, Prof. Harris Mule (Finance) and Prof. Shem Migot-Adholla (Agriculture) were also among the approximately 90 attendees, which included representatives from major international donor organizations, international and local NGOs, Kenyan universities and research institutions, as well as members of the SAGA team from Cornell, IPAR, KIPPRA, Tegemeo and the University of Nairobi.


Photo of Hezron Nyangito, Acting Executive Director, KIPPRA
Dr. Hezron Nyangito, Acting Executive Director, KIPPRA

View Program for conference. (PDF)


View Rural Market Factors as a Strategy to Poverty Reduction (PDF) by Dr. John M. Omiti published in the East African Standard, February 9, 2005


Plenary panel
T. Nzioki Kibua, Executive Director, IPAR; Enos Njeru, IPAR; Prof. Shem Migot-Adholla; Hon. Peter Kaindi, Assistant Minister of Agriculture and Member of Parliament; and, Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University


Powerpoint presentations:



Joshua Ariga (Tegemeo) and David Amuda (Cornell University)
David Amudavi, Cornell University, (right) speaks with Joshua Ariga, Tegemeo (left).

Hon. Franklin Bett, Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture (right), and Dr. Brent Swallow (left)
Hon. Franklin Bett, Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture (right), and Dr. Brent Swallow, World Agroforestry Centre (left)

Prof. Shem Migot-Adholla and AkinAdesinaProf. Shem Migot-Adholla (left) and Dr. Akin Adesina, Rockefeller Foundation (right).


Policy Briefs (available as PDF):

Members of Parliament and other participants
Members of Parliament and other participants.



SAGA Conference Group Photo
SAGA Conference Group Photo

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