2026
Overview
Research that keeps pace with a changing food system
Agriculture is the sector our team has worked in longest, and it is where DEVMENT’s evaluation methods were first tested in the field. We help governments, development partners and agribusinesses find out whether climate-smart agriculture programmes, input-subsidy schemes and market-systems interventions are actually changing what smallholder households grow, sell and earn — not just whether the activities took place.
Our agriculture work sits at the intersection of two things DEVMENT is known for: rigorous impact evaluation and gender-responsive research design. In 2024 our Lead Researcher, Dr. Kevin Ouko, co-authored two guides on gender-responsive digital technologies and nutrition programming in the agrifood system, published with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT (CGIAR) — work that now informs how we design agriculture evaluations for our other clients.
What we offer
What we offer
- Baseline, midline and endline evaluations of climate-smart agriculture and food-security programmes, aligned to Kenya’s Agricultural Sector Transformation and Growth Strategy (ASTGS)
- Value-chain and market-systems assessments for smallholder producer organisations, cooperatives and agribusinesses
- Gender-responsive research on digital agriculture and nutrition-sensitive programming, building on our published CGIAR guides
- Weather and climate information services (WCIS) policy analysis, including our 2026 policy brief for East Africa
- Household and farm-level surveys measuring yield, income, food security and adoption of climate-smart practices
Selected work
Published research in this sector
2026
Promoting Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices for Resilient Rural Communities in Kenya
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Our Other Sectors
Education
Measuring learning outcomes, retention and school-based programme performance against Kenya’s Competency-Based Curriculum.
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ICT & Digital Innovation
Digital data systems, MIS dashboards and technology research that strengthen how development programmes are monitored.
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Health
Baseline-to-endline evaluation of community health, nutrition and reproductive-health programmes, and HMIS data-quality reviews.
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