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"Economy-Wide Impact Assessment of Home Gardening as an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change in Kenya" by Mwangi, Peter, Zuhal Elnour, Harald Grethe, Sayouba Dianda and Ina Danquah Abstract Home gardening plays a critical role in enhancing food security and nutrition, particularly among vulnerable populations. With climate change, home gardens act as an adaptation strategy easing the impacts and enhancing households' resilience. In the context of a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model, home gardening can be introduced as a distinct agricultural activity that produces both marketed and non-marketed (home-consumed) goods. We analyse the effects of government expenditure of subsidizing the inputs on home gardening, evaluating the costs and benefits of such a strategy. Additionally, we assess the implication of increasing the level of household consumption or income based on empirical studies done in Kenya. The results indicated that increasing government expenditure on home gardening positively impacts household welfare, especially the poor. Improvement in welfare can consequently, result in reduced inequality and poverty levels. Through ripple effects, related sectors such as food are positively affected leading to its growth as well as a slight increase in economic performance. Overall, home gardens reduce dependence on food purchases and enhance food security and nutrition. |
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- Climate change policy - Climate impacts - Economic growth - Partial and general equilibrium models - Africa (East) |
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