Review of the Implementation of Kenya’s National Adaptation Plan 2015–2030 in the Agriculture Sector

The review finds that Kenya has implemented numerous initiatives to enhance climate resilience in its agriculture sector, including the development of drought-tolerant crops, improved rangeland management, and the scaling of sustainable aquaculture. While the enabling environment has improved through legislation like the Climate Change Act (2016) and the establishment of the Climate Smart Agriculture Multistakeholder Platform, the report notes a critical lack of baseline data and indicators in the original NAP, making it difficult to accurately track progress. Despite these efforts, smallholder production remains limited due to persistent climatic shocks, including a 40-year record drought from 2019 to 2022.

• Kenya has established a robust policy and legal framework to mainstream climate adaptation, including the Climate Change Act (2016), the National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP) 2018–2022, and the Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Strategy 2017–2026.
• In the crops sector, adaptation efforts have focused on drought-tolerant varieties and climate information services; for example, KALRO developed 150 cereal crop varieties and 80 root and tuber crop varieties between 2017 and 2020.
• Livestock adaptation initiatives include the restoration of degraded lands and the use of insurance; as of December 2021, livestock insurance covered 90,060 head of cattle across eight Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL) counties.
• The fisheries sector has seen a shift toward sustainable aquaculture, with the establishment of eight recirculating aquaculture systems by 2021, which reduced the tilapia grow-out period from 8 months to 4 months.
• Despite adaptation initiatives, Kenya has struggled to increase smallholder agricultural production, exacerbated by the longest drought in 40 years from 2019 to 2022, leaving 4.2 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.
• International public finance from the Green Climate Fund, Adaptation Fund, GEF, World Bank, and governments of Germany, the UK, and the US has been primary drivers for irrigation and sustainable land management projects.

APA

NAP Global Network (2022). Review of the Implementation of Kenya’s National Adaptation Plan 2015–2030 in the Agriculture Sector. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/napgn-en-2023-review-implementation-kenya-agriculture-national-adaptation-plan-2015-2030.pdf

Chicago

NAP Global Network. Review of the Implementation of Kenya’s National Adaptation Plan 2015–2030 in the Agriculture Sector. 2022. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/napgn-en-2023-review-implementation-kenya-agriculture-national-adaptation-plan-2015-2030.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{napglobalnetwork2022review, author = {{NAP Global Network}}, title = {{Review of the Implementation of Kenya’s National Adaptation Plan 2015–2030 in the Agriculture Sector}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2022}, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/napgn-en-2023-review-implementation-kenya-agriculture-national-adaptation-plan-2015-2030.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }