• Increase small-scale farmer incomes and household food resilience through community-driven design of interventions targeting 5,000 farmers in Siaya County
• Increase agricultural output and value-add-Establish 2 small -scale agro- and food processing hubs in Siaya County through public private partnership process targeting both domestic and export market
• Actively monitor environmental risks and promote sustainable natural resource management targeting restoration of 3,000 acres Yala swamp

A majority of roughly 800 million hungry people in the world depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Kenya, like many nations across the globe, faces one critical challenge of transforming its food systems to secure a brighter future for its people, nature, and the climate. The country’s food systems currently are unsustainable, contributing to national carbon emissions, biodiversity loss, and widespread hunger and malnutrition, particularly among women and children. Equally food supply chains have become more volatile, and prone to disruptions. The journey towards transforming Kenya’s food systems and environmental conservation is a complex but essential one. CEAFS is at the forefront of this transformation, promoting science-based solutions and fostering a shared understanding of the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. The center will embracee inclusivity and innovation as vital enablers of food system transformation and sustainable environment. CEAFS will play a key role in implementing an integrated food system that is guided by science while leveraging scientific expertise to shape food secure, transformative agriculture and sustainable environment ecosystem. Improving agricultural productivity is central to alleviating hunger. CEAFS seek to address feeding the community without destroying the environment in the process. Together with its partners, the Center will provide a clear roadmap towards a better, more equitable, and environmentally responsible food system for the community

1. A disciplined focus on evidence-based outcomes aligned with Kenya’s national agenda around environment, agriculture and food security that have been vetted by key implementing partners for their feasibility, innovation, and inclusion of digital, research and data-driven tools.
2. A strong bias for partnership with stakeholders to drive results and share risk through a fully incorporated prioritization of impact and budgets from the design phase
3. A coordinated response to food system risks in the community including sustainable land, soil and water use, climate-smart and climate resilient agriculture, and crisis responses to pests, disease and environment degradation

• Establish a Knowledge Hub on Urban Food Systems for Kisumu City- The Knowledge Hub collates research (in varying forms, such as publications, videos, books, podcasts etc) about urban food systems. It should have advanced search and filtering functionality (i.e. resources are tagged with a variety of searchable categories including theme, resource type, location and keywords).
• Furthering support for climate change and environmental conservation initiatives: Green economy, climate resilient pathways, increased afforestation and improve natural resource management to prevent future shocks.
• Promotion of environmental health and biodiversity: increase productivity while maintaining and conserving the environment and biodiversity
• Establishment of data science for food security- Big data and new analytical techniques mean better measurements and more targeted solutions to food security
• Promotion of climate impacts mitigation and adaptation initiatives - Climate change impacts global food security, and it amplifies threat to community health, stability and economic prosperity including regenerative and drought resilient agriculture and aquaculture, as well as other sustainable and climate smart investments.
• Establishment of tropical fruit crops- for protecting ecosystems and promoting small holder farmer livelihoods
• Gender equality, youth, and social inclusion: Improve the lives and livelihoods of women, youth, and other marginalized groups-vital for equitable, resilient food systems
• Promotion of food, nutrition and health- For small holder farmers and their families, food security is closely tied to nutrition and health. to increase investments in efforts to adapt the most important indigenous and orphan crops to climate change.  This initiative will identify the most important crops for nutrition in amongst community members through a multi-stakeholder process; assess how these crops will perform under climate change; and invest in yield improvement efforts for these crops.

• Community-Engaged Business Incubation: Develop and incubate ideas into businesses so as to start agribusinesses that will generate wealth and transform local agricultural activities.
• Community-Engaged Outreach: To transfer technologies and information that produce tangible benefits. A helpdesk will be established to receive, answer or refer farmers in an effort to solve their problems.

• Establishment of aquaculture and fisheries- Aquaculture and fisheries must be managed for food security and sustainability to meet rising demands
• Increase access to water resources- Access to ground water and irrigation helps the farmers to brake cycle of poverty, hunger and malnutrition.
• Investment in crop and livestock systems- As global demand for crops, meat and sea food rises, pressure of agricultural systems intensifies
• Short courses to graduate and undergraduate students interested in issues of hunger, rural development, global resource and environmental degradation and climate impacts on food security

• No major disruptions will occur in the University operating environment
• The legal and regulatory frameworks will remain stable
• The requisite human and financial resources will be available
• There will be goodwill from stakeholders