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Potato Kenya: Climate change risks and opportunities

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Title Potato Kenya: Climate change risks and opportunities
 
Creator Bolt, Jaclyn
Demissie, Teferi
Duku, Confidence
Groot, Annemarie
Recha, John W.M.
 
Subject climate change
agriculture
food security
potatoes
 
Description Agriculture in Kenya contributes to the national economy, food security, and employment of rural households. Climate change and weather variability affect agricultural production negatively and it is expected to worsen in the future. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices present an opportunity to reduce such losses, build resilience in the agriculture sector, improve productivity and farmer incomes, and contribute to climate change mitigation (CIAT & World Bank, 2017). In Kenya, potato is grown by about 800,000 farmers cultivating about 161,000 hectares per season with an annual production of about 3 million tonnes in two growing seasons. Beyond the farm, the industry employs about 3.3 million people as market agents, transporters, processors, vendors and exporters (Muthoni, Nyamongo, & Mbiyu, 2017).
 
Date 2019-08-20
2019-08-20T13:41:58Z
2019-08-20T13:41:58Z
 
Type Brief
 
Identifier Bolt J, Demissie T, Duku C, Groot A, Recha J. 2019. Potato Kenya: Climate change risks and opportunities. Wageningen Environmental Research, The Netherlands; CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103233
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Language en
 
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