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The fisheries sub-sector in Kenya plays an important role in the national economy. It is an important source of food, nutritional security, employment and foreign exchange. The fisheries and aquaculture sector in Kenya contributes about 0.8% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). It is es...


Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives, Kenya[Policy actions for building resilience of fisheries development in a changing climate]Policy actions for building resilience of fisheries development in a changing climate

Livestock production is a major agricultural activity in Kenya, with the livestock sector contributing 30-40% of agricultural GDP and about 12% to the national GDP. The livestock sub-sector further accounts for 30% of total marketed agricultural products and employs 50% of the total agriculture l...


Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives, Kenya[Policy actions for building resilience of livestock production under climate change]Policy actions for building resilience of livestock production under climate change

The dynamic nature of climate and its impacts on agriculture is rendering most of the existing adaptation and coping strategies unsupportive in many regions. Recent studies on economic sectors (including agriculture) across institutions and 24 counties have established the following: a widened ga...


Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives, Kenya[Strengthening education, extension and training to accelerate climate resilience and low carbon development in the agriculture sector]Strengthening education, extension and training to accelerate climate resilience and low carbon development in the agriculture sector

Messages clé ◼ L’Action commune de Koronivia pour l’agriculture, adoptée dans le cadre de la CCNUCC, est une opportunité pour faire de l’agroforesterie un élément clé de la réponse africaine aux changements climatiques. ◼ Nous avons évalué la visibilité de l’agroforesterie dans les processus de M...


Rosenstock, Todd S.Wilkes, AndreasJallo, CourtneyNamoi, NictorBulusu, MedhaMboi, Damaris[Faire compter les arbres en Afrique: Une meilleure stratégie de MRV de l’agroforesterie pour satisfaire aux ambitions de l’Afrique]Faire compter les arbres en Afrique: Une meilleure stratégie de MRV de l’agroforesterie pour satisfaire aux ambitions de l’Afrique

According to the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report, changes in the climate over the last 30 years have already reduced global agricultural production by 1 – 5 % per decade relative to a baseline without climate change. In addition, recent studies indicate that even a 2 degrees increase in global tem...


Dhanush, DBett, Bernard K.Boone, Randall B.Grace, DeliaKinyangi, JamesLindahl, Johanna F.Mohan, CVRamírez Villegas, JuliánRobinson, Timothy P.Rosenstock, Todd S.Smith, J.Thornton, Philip K.[Impact of climate change on African agriculture: focus on pests and diseases]Impact of climate change on African agriculture: focus on pests and diseases

Key messages ◼ The UNFCCC’s Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture creates an opening for agroforestry to take on an important role in Africa’s response to climate change. ◼ We reviewed measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of agroforestry under the United Nations Framework Convention on Cli...


Rosenstock, Todd S.Wilkes, AndreasJallo, CourtneyNamoi, NictorBulusu, MedhaMboi, Damaris[Making trees count in Africa: Improved MRV is needed to meet Africa’s agroforestry ambitions]Making trees count in Africa: Improved MRV is needed to meet Africa’s agroforestry ambitions

Key messages ◼ Many developing countries recognize that agroforestry offers benefits for both people and planet and have integrated it into national policy to help meet development and climate goals. ◼ Despite this interest, technical and institutional barriers often prevent trees outside forests...


Rosenstock, Todd S.Wilkes, AndreasJallo, CourtneyNamoi, NictorBulusu, MedhaSuber, MartaGurwick, Noel[Making trees count in non-Annex I countries: Measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of agroforestry in the UNFCCC]Making trees count in non-Annex I countries: Measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of agroforestry in the UNFCCC

Key messages ◼ Forty percent of developing countries plan to use agroforestry to meet climate and development goals, yet available systems for measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) are not capable of counting trees in agroforestry systems. ◼ Before agroforestry can become an important res...


Daniel, JamesTenneson, KarisSuber, MartaMulia, RachmatVan Tranh, PhanArango, JacoboRosenstock, Todd S.[Open- and crowd-sourced MRV for agroforestry?: Preliminary results and lessons learned from a pilot study using Collect Earth to identify agroforestry on multiple land uses in Viet Nam and Colombia]Open- and crowd-sourced MRV for agroforestry?: Preliminary results and lessons learned from a pilot study using Collect Earth to identify agroforestry on multiple land uses in Viet Nam and Colombia

Consumption of dairy products in Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to increase significantly in the coming decades. As production increases, there will be an increasing need to reduce the environmental impacts of dairy production. One way to reduce the carbon footprint of milk production is to incr...


Wilkes, AndreasWassie, Shimels EsheteVorlaufer, MiriamOdhong', Chalresvan Dijk, Suzanne[Further evidence that gender matters for GHG mitigation in the dairy sector: Analysis of survey data from central Kenya highlights interactive effects of gender and farm management practices on milk yield and GHG emission intensity]Further evidence that gender matters for GHG mitigation in the dairy sector: Analysis of survey data from central Kenya highlights interactive effects of gender and farm management practices on milk yield and GHG emission intensity

This brief summarizes findings from a network analysis using data from the CCAFS Organizational Baseline Surveys (OBS) to analyze how organizations in CCAFS sites coordinate to work together on climate change and agriculture initiatives.


Rudnick, JessicaNiles, MeredithLubell, MarkCramer, Laura[Agricultural development networks in 14 research sites: Findings from the CCAFS Organizational Baseline Survey]Agricultural development networks in 14 research sites: Findings from the CCAFS Organizational Baseline Survey

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