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Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Hunger and Poverty


Rumukia & Gikanda Smallholder Organisations are Fair Trade certified. Their 8,272 members farm 0.8 hectares of Kenya each and they produce 715 tonnes of conventional and speciality green coffee beans as well as Macedamia nuts and milk. They are looking to take advantage of market liberalisation.

Target 1.

Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day


Indicators

1. Proportion of population below $1 (1993 PPP) per day (World Bank) a*

2. Poverty gap ratio [incidence x depth of poverty] (World Bank)

3. Share of poorest quintile in national consumption (World Bank)


Target 2.

Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger


Indicators

4. Prevalence of underweight children under five years of age (UNICEF-WHO)

5. Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption (FAO)