ABSTRACT
This chapter considers changes in food security related policy-making in Kenya after the national adoption of a devolved governance framework in 2010. It explains some of the ways that devolution, incorporating principles of participation and accountability, might be realised in the agriculture sector, drawing on the experiences and aspirations of smallholder farmers in Kenya. Top-down decision-making structures in Kenya are rooted in Britain's geographically uneven imposition of colonial rule in the early 20th century. The draft policy was published in December 2014, titled Food: Our Health, Our Security. It is the first major sector-wide agricultural policy introduced in Kenya in many years, and certainly the first since agricultural services began to be formally devolved to counties in August 2013. In a September 2014 interview, a Makueni County government official reported that the County Assembly had developed curriculum and engaged full time staff within the Education Department to spearhead civic education within the county.
