Total War against AIDS (TOWA) project commenced in 2003 when his Excellency the President declared total war against HIV and AIDS at community level. The broad development objective of the TOWA project is to assist Kenya to expand the coverage of targeted HIV and AIDS prevention and mitigation interventions through: i. Sustaining the improved institutional performance of the National AIDS Control Council (NACC) ii. Supporting the implementation of the Kenya National AIDS Strategic Plan (KNASP) The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) is part of the national multisectoral response to HIV and AIDS spearheaded by NACC. The objective of the MOA TOWA project is to scale up interventions geared towards prevention of HIV and AIDS, treatment, care and support and mitigation of socio-economic impacts of HIV and AIDS. Food and nutrition security remains a major challenge for close to half of the Kenyan population. HIV/AIDS aggravates food insecurity situation increasing the vulnerability of HIV- affected households. Therefore appropriate food and nutrition technologies are necessary in mitigating the impact of HIV and AIDS. MOA successfully implemented TOWA phase I project in 2010/2011 in Rift valley, Nairobi and Eastern Provinces. Interventions put in place were home and multistorey gardens with the aim of improving access to micronutrient foods to the target groups. MOA was awarded additional funding in 2011/12 for phase II to implement activities that improves food and nutrition security of people living with HIV and AIDS (PLHIV) and affected households. Implementation of activities commenced in May 2011 with a planning workshop while field activities started in July 2011.
