Timely interventions and support to farmers are urgently required to mitigate these events. Given the national economic, food security, nutritional and health importance of crop production, there is an opportunity for national policies on agriculture and climate change to support a more robust an...
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives, Kenya
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[Policy options for building resilience of crop production under climate change]
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Policy options for building resilience of crop production under climate change
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
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[Policy actions for building resilience of fisheries development in a changing climate]
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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
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[Policy actions for building resilience of livestock production under climate change]
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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
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[Strengthening education, extension and training to accelerate climate resilience and low carbon development in the agriculture sector]
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Strengthening education, extension and training to accelerate climate resilience and low carbon development in the agriculture sector