Taking Forward the Implementation of the Agriculture Priority Actions in NCCAP (2013–2017) Kenyan Experience A presentation from CCAFS East Africa Regional Program.

1. Taking Forward the Implementation of
the Agriculture Priority Actions in
NCCAP (2013–2017)
Kenyan Experience
Mary Nyasimi
Gender & Policy Specialist
CCAFS-East Africa
29 April 2014

2. Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
Research Program of CGIAR
Adapting Agriculture to
Climate Variability and Change
Technologies, practices, partnerships and
policies for:
1. Adaptation to Progressive Climate
Change
2. Adaptation through Managing
Climate Risk
3. Pro-poor Climate Change Mitigation
Improved
Environmental
Health
Improved
Rural
Livelihoods
Improved
Food
Security
Enhanced adaptive capacity
in agricultural, natural
resource management, and
food systems
4. Integration for Decision Making
• Linking Knowledge with Action
• Assembling Data and Tools for Analysis
and Planning
• Refining Frameworks for Policy Analysis

3. 1. Identify and develop pro-poor
adaptation and mitigation
practices, technologies and policies
for agriculture and food systems.
1. Support the inclusion of agricultural
issues in climate change policies,
and of climate issues in agricultural
policies, at all levels.
CCAFS Research Objectives

4. Where CCAFS works
Latin America
West Africa
East Africa
South Asia
Southeast Asia

5. Led by
CCAFS East
Africa
CCAFS EA program works in
at 2 levels - Community and
National in 4 countries
 Uganda (Hoima and Rakai
districts)
 Kenya (Nyando and Wote
Districts)
 Tanzania (Lushoto district)
 Ethiopia (Borana)

6. Kenya’s National Climate Change Response Strategy
 The National Climate Change Response
Strategy (NCCRS 2010) - a key policy
document that also addresses measures
for mitigation and adaptation in the main
economic sector
 A comprehensive National Climate
Change Action Plan (NCCAP 2013-2017)
was written to operationalize NCCRS
 The National Adaptation Plan (NAP) was
developed to amplify the adaptation
issues highlighted in the NCCAP. Its
aligned with national development
objectives (2013-2017) and priorities
outlined in Vision 2030 and other
sectoral plans.

7. Agriculture in the Climate Change Action Plan
 The agriculture sector offers great
potential for synergies among the
objectives of food security, poverty
reduction, adaptation and
mitigation.
 Adaptation is first priority, but
many actions have mitigation
benefits - Climate Smart
Agriculture can help meet both
adaptation and mitigation goals.

8. Agriculture Priority Actions in Kenya’s NAP …..
 Promote climate smart agriculture (KES 15B)
 Coordination and mainstreaming of climate change into agricultural extension (KES
4.5B)
 Establishment and maintenance of climate change related information for agriculture
(KES 9.5B)
 Up-scaling specific adaptation actions – Promotion and bulking of drought tolerant
traditional high value crops; Water harvesting for crop production; Index-based
weather insurance; Conservation agriculture; Agro-forestry; and Integrated soil fertility
management (KES 14.5B)
 Development and application of Performance Benefit Measurement methodologies
for adaptation, mitigation and development (KES 1.41B)

9. Cont’d
 Grazing management systems, fodder banks and strategic reserves (KES 12.5B)
 Price stabilization schemes and strategic livestock based food reserves (KES 4B)
 Selection and breeding animals to adapt to climate change (KES 4.5B)
 Livelihood diversification (camels, indigenous poultry, beekeeping, rabbits, emerging
livestock – quills, guinea fowls, ostriches, etc) (KES 2.1B)
 Capacity building – Inventory of indigenous knowledge, livestock insurance
schemes, early warning systems, stocking rates, vaccination campaigns, disease control
(KES 4B)
 Enhance irrigation and drainage to increase agricultural production and address water
requirements for livestock production (KES 63.4B)

10. Taking Forward the Implementation of the Agricultural Priority
Actions in Kenya’s NCCAP 2013 – 2017
 The Ministry Agriculture, Livestock & Fisheries (MoALF) and the CGIAR
Research Program on CCAFS-East Africa initiated a process of taking
forward the implementation of actions through a Roundtable meeting in
July 2013
 Other key partners include:
• Government Ministries (e.g., MEWNR; Min. of Finance-Treasury)
• Government Parastatal (Kenya Forest Services; NEMA; Kenya Met)
• National Research Organizations (e.g., KARI; KEFRI)
• CGIAR Centers (e.g., ILRI, ICRISAT, ICRAF, CIFOR)
• NGOs and CSOs, Farmer organizations
• Private sector
• Universities

11. Roundtable Meeting – July 2013
 Agenda - to discuss the modalities of supporting the implementation
the NCCAP 2013 – 2017 focusing on the priority actions fro
agriculture.
 Meeting agreed to create thematic working groups which would
focus on:
 identifying mechanisms for supporting the implementation of
Agricultural components of the National Climate Change Action
Plan (NCCAP)
 defining a national vision for Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA)
defined as agriculture that sustainably increases productivity, resilience
(adaptation), reduces/removes GHGs (mitigation), and enhances
achievement of national food security and development goals-FAO 2010
 .

12. Key Thematic Areas
 Climate Smart Agriculture
(MALF)
 Finance and investments
(Min. of Finance-Treasury)
 Knowledge and capacity
building (University of
Nairobi)
 Policies and legal frameworks
(KIPPRA)

13. Kenya National Adaptation Planning Event –Sept 2013
120 Participants attended and Outcomes of Event were:
 CSA should be defined in the context of a national vision (Kenya Vision 2030)
 Create synergy between seemingly quite different agricultural sub-sectors (crops, livestock,
fisheries, water)
 CSA can merge the modern science and indigenous knowledge and practices into formal
climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies,
 CSA to link to other sectors of the economy e.g., energy & water.
 Formation of a consortium to spearhead implementation
Blog: Tackling climate change: Kenya holds first national adaptation planning meeting for agriculture -
http://ccafs.cgiar.org/blog/tackling-climate-change-kenya-holds-first-national-adaptation-planning-
meeting-agriculture#.UooQmuK2X7A

14. Priority Actions Identified by Consortium
Priority Action-1: Climate smart agriculture; technologies and practices to build resilience to
climate impacts, enhance food security and contribute to lowering the national emissions
intensity in the agriculture and food sector
Priority Action-2: Strengthening the national capacity to respond to climate change and
variability through improved access to knowledge and scientific evidence to better inform
planning and decision-making
Priority Action-3: Enabling institutional, policy and legal frameworks to support the scaling
up/out of climate informed services and safety nets for risk reduction in agriculture with a focus
on county governments
Priority Action-4: Expanding access to rural finance and broadening mechanisms for attracting
investments in climate smart agricultural product value chains leveraged through public, private
partnerships

15. CSA Investments
Investment 1: Increasing resilience to climate impacts and enhancing food security
through crop and livestock breeding and mitigating emissions intensity through
sustainable land management practices.
Investment 2: Utilizing the ASALs to bolster farmers’ adaptive capacity and improve
livelihoods, through water harvesting, management and utilization and aquaculture, &
increasing carbon sequestration through agroforestry & forest management in
medium potential agricultural lands.
Investment 3: Managing climate risks through mainstreaming and strengthening
delivery of climate informed services, access to micro-credit, index-based insurance,
and agro-advisory services into new agricultural investments
Investment 4: Scaling up proven successful adaptation and mitigation strategies by
creating public-private platforms to promote value chains and provide appropriate
training and regulatory processes

16. Post-National Workshop Activities
 Formation of a taskforce to develop a list of
criteria to select the pilot 12 counties.
 Consortium with MoALF to support the process
of getting buy-in from the selected counties.
 Complete investment framework and share
with relevant government ministries, private
sector and Donors
 Reach out to County Governors through a
participatory process.
 Hold a series of briefing meetings with Private
sectors & Policy makers
 MoALF is working with CCAFS to organize a a
dialogue on ‘The impacts of climate change on
agriculture in Kenya’ = June/July 2014
 Continue to define a national vision for Climate
Smart Agriculture (CSA) 1 January 2013

17. Thank You