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Strategic Area: Goal 1 - Grassroots movement, Goal 2 - Leadership and Governance
Policy Dialogue Small Action Fund
The training series within the Policy Dialogue Project enabled partners to learn from each other and from experts in the field on how to engage more effectively with policymakers to turn their target group's issues and struggles into agendas of policy development and implementation processes. The Policy Dialogue Project aimed at closing the gap between policy and practice by creating a collaborative change agenda between grassroots women, community leaders, and national-level policymakers.
Donor: HORIZON T3000
Target county: Nakuru
Project Activities:
GROOTS Kenya used this opportunity to organize women potato farmers in two counties (Nyandarua and Nakuru counties) in Kenya and built their capacities to understand the policy environment around the potato value chain, which was affecting them. The organization trained them on how to engage with relevant stakeholders and the county government so that they could improve their livelihood sustainably. These women were daily growing potatoes, marketing potatoes, and engaging in different value chains of the potato.
In Nakuru County, where the project was initiated, we witnessed significant changes. Women farmers became more empowered in terms of how they engaged with policy makers and understood the strategies and approaches to employ. The Policy Dialogue initiative played a vital role in helping them map the stakeholders, comprehend their roles, and identify the responsible stakeholders. Consequently, they established an advocacy team that addressed various issues affecting potato farmers, including infrastructure, marketing, and production.
The project enabled these women to be more organized in their interactions with county officials, even when not receiving direct support from GROOTS Kenya.
