The policy statement offers an analysis of the government's proposed budget priorities and their implications for food and nutrition security. The review focuses on how the BPS allocates resources to critical sectors such as agriculture, health, and social protection, which are essential to improving food availability, accessibility, and quality across the country. The document evaluates whether the government's fiscal strategy is sufficient to address ongoing food insecurity challenges, especially in the context of climate change, economic disparities, and population growth.
The paper discusses potential impacts on environment and human health and the shortcomings in international and national legislation, which enable the current use of restricted pesticides in Kenya. To conclude, different solutions are suggested to introduce the first steps towards a better pesticide management approach and towards a more sustainable and regenerative agriculture.
The petition raises concerns about the widespread use of toxic pesticides in the country and calls for immediate government intervention to ban or regulate their usage. The petition, driven by health and environmental advocacy groups, highlights the adverse effects of these pesticides on human health, biodiversity, and food safety. It underscores the link between harmful pesticides and rising cases of chronic illnesses, including cancer, and environmental degradation, which affects soil health, water sources, and the broader ecosystem.
This report provides an analysis of the government’s fiscal decisions and their implications for food and nutrition security. The review evaluates the effectiveness of budget allocations across sectors that impact food systems, including agriculture, water, social protection, and health. It critically examines whether the financial resources allocated are sufficient to address Kenya’s ongoing food security challenges, particularly in vulnerable communities, and whether they support the country’s long-term development goals.
The report examines the government's budget priorities in the context of food and nutrition security. The document reviews the proposed budget allocations, policies, and strategies aimed at improving the availability, accessibility, and affordability of food for all Kenyans. It focuses on critical sectors such as agriculture, social protection, and nutrition programs, assessing whether the proposed financial commitments align with the country's goals to achieve sustainable food systems and meet its constitutional obligation to ensure the right to food.
The report by the Route to Food Initiative, released in October 2018, provides an analysis of the potential effects of the Finance Bill on food security in Kenya. The report focuses on how the taxation measures, revenue generation strategies, and economic policies outlined in the Finance Bill would influence food prices, agricultural productivity, and the affordability of basic commodities. It emphasizes the bill's implications for smallholder farmers and low-income households, who are disproportionately affected by changes in taxation, especially on essential items like fuel, agricultural inputs, and food products.
The analysis focuses on the allocation of resources dedicated to enhancing food and nutrition security in Kenya. The analysis examines how the government budget addresses the pillars of food availability, accessibility, and nutrition, particularly in the context of Kenya's development goals and the right to food. It reviews key sectors such as agriculture, water management, and social protection programs that directly affect food production and distribution
This report provides an in-depth evaluation of Kenya’s national budget allocations in relation to the country’s obligations to ensure the right to food. It focuses on how budgetary decisions impact food security, agricultural development, and nutrition-related programs, highlighting the government’s efforts and gaps in fulfilling its constitutional duty to provide adequate food for all. The analysis emphasizes the alignment (or lack thereof) of budget priorities with the needs of marginalized communities, smallholder farmers, and food sustainability initiatives.
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Accessibility Statement
routetofood.org
10 February 2025
Compliance status
We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience,
regardless of circumstance and ability.
To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortiumโs (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level.
These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible
to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific
disabilities to adjust the websiteโs UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the websiteโs HTML,
adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
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Screen-reader and keyboard navigation
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with
screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the websiteโs functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive
a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Hereโs how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements,
alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the websiteโs components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website.
In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels;
descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups),
and others. Additionally, the background process scans all the websiteโs images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag
for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology.
To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on
as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the websiteโs HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as โMโ (menus), โHโ (headings), โFโ (forms), โBโ (buttons), and โGโ (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Disability profiles supported in our website
Epilepsy Safe Mode: this profile enables people with epilepsy to use the website safely by eliminating the risk of seizures that result from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.
Visually Impaired Mode: this mode adjusts the website for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.
Cognitive Disability Mode: this mode provides different assistive options to help users with cognitive impairments such as Dyslexia, Autism, CVA, and others, to focus on the essential elements of the website more easily.
ADHD Friendly Mode: this mode helps users with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders to read, browse, and focus on the main website elements more easily while significantly reducing distractions.
Blindness Mode: this mode configures the website to be compatible with screen-readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader is software for blind users that is installed on a computer and smartphone, and websites must be compatible with it.
Keyboard Navigation Profile (Motor-Impaired): this profile enables motor-impaired persons to operate the website using the keyboard Tab, Shift+Tab, and the Enter keys. Users can also use shortcuts such as โMโ (menus), โHโ (headings), โFโ (forms), โBโ (buttons), and โGโ (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Additional UI, design, and readability adjustments
Font adjustments โ users, can increase and decrease its size, change its family (type), adjust the spacing, alignment, line height, and more.
Color adjustments โ users can select various color contrast profiles such as light, dark, inverted, and monochrome. Additionally, users can swap color schemes of titles, texts, and backgrounds, with over seven different coloring options.
Animations โ person with epilepsy can stop all running animations with the click of a button. Animations controlled by the interface include videos, GIFs, and CSS flashing transitions.
Content highlighting โ users can choose to emphasize important elements such as links and titles. They can also choose to highlight focused or hovered elements only.
Audio muting โ users with hearing devices may experience headaches or other issues due to automatic audio playing. This option lets users mute the entire website instantly.
Cognitive disorders โ we utilize a search engine that is linked to Wikipedia and Wiktionary, allowing people with cognitive disorders to decipher meanings of phrases, initials, slang, and others.
Additional functions โ we provide users the option to change cursor color and size, use a printing mode, enable a virtual keyboard, and many other functions.
Browser and assistive technology compatibility
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers).
Notes, comments, and feedback
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to