Mapping of Agricultural Donor Funding to Kenya

Abstract

Food insecurity in Kenya and among other developing countries remains a key issue to be addressed. Millions of Kenyan people require food assistance each passing day. Kenya has high agricultural potential with diverse ecologies suitable for multiple socio-economic practices that can help drive her citizens out of hunger. The country receives a lot of support from the donor community. In an effort to minimise duplication of efforts and enhance efficiency in project monitoring, donors were encouraged to make public their investments during the Paris Declaration on the Aid Effectiveness in the year 2005. This resulted in several websites collating and publishing donor projects and their details. This project samples several donor projects from a collection of websites, and uses GIS to visualise the funding on agriculture to Kenya, the type of assistance received from each donor, the aspects being funded by each donor and the gaps that need be looked at in future investments. Quota sampling was done to create a proportionate sample and data were analysed and visualised using Cartograms, thematic maps, pie charts and flow diagrams. This study has demonstrated that renewed momentum in donor investments, compiling a comprehensive central resource detailing donor efforts in the country can really be a major step towards alleviating hunger in Kenya.