Integration of Fruit Trees into Agricultural Landscapes of Kenya can Help Enhance Nutrition Security

Abstract

• Fruit trees can provide many benefits and contribute to Kenya’s national nutrition goals • A number of interacting factors influence fruit tree planting and subsequent nutrition outcomes for farmer households in Kenya • Appropriate support to guide in understanding the probable outcomes of nutrition-related policy decisions in the region is lacking • Decision analysis tools can be applied to estimate the household nutrition benefits of policies related to planting fruit trees in Kenya