Kenya held its first ever National Adaptation Planning meeting for the Agriculture sector on the 16 and 17 September. The meeting aimed at building consensus on the priority actions for agriculture proposed in the 2013 – 2017 National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP). These activities would then be fast-tracked for piloting. The meeting was jointly organized by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (MEWNR); Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (MALF), and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) East Africa Program. This is a summary of discussions by the thematic working group on Climate Smart Agriculture.

1. POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORKS
FOR CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE
IN KENYA
Kenya National Adaptation Planning
Meeting for the Agriculture Sector
16th
and 17th
September 2013

2. Expected outcome
• Policies and regulatory frameworks promoting
climate smart agriculture are in place and
effectively implemented in Kenya

3. 1.1 Agro-forestry and sustainable land management
1.1.1 Review and harmonize existing policies on agro-forestry and
sustainable land management and develop new policies e.g.
CSA policy, biomass development and use policy (2015) Data
sharing policy
1.1.2 The CSA group to participate in the development of a chapter
on climate smart agriculture in the climate change policy (2014)
1.1.3 Advocate for implementation of the land policy towards
reclamation of non-arable land (2017)
1.1.4 Capacity building, advocacy and awareness creation to develop
and implement CSA relevant policies for stake holders at all
levels (2015)

4. 1.2 Promoting water harvesting, storage and efficient use in
agricultural production.
1.2.1 Contribute to the draft water bill 2012 in the context of
CSA to include water availability for Agriculture (2014)
1.2.2 Devolve the national CCU of the MoALF to Counties (by
2015)

5. 1.3 Up-scaling agricultural (crops, livestock) insurance
1.3.1 Generate CSA information to facilitate finalization of
evidence- based Agricultural Insurance Policy (2015)
1.3.2 Comprehensive study on climate related risks and uptake
capacity of targeted communities - Ensure that the
targeted stakeholders can actually adopt the insurance
programs as packaged (within religious and cultural
boundaries) Policy constraints

6. 1.4 Adoption of improved technologies in agriculture (crops,
livestock and fisheries)
1.4.1 Support? the development of a National Economic
Instrument Act (which harmonizes /standardizes
incentives and penalties) – to facilitate entrainment of the
private sector (2017), business regulation act to improve
competitiveness-link with ongoing,
1.4.2 Support? Develop policies on food agricultural product
distribution (traceability and labelling), market structure
and information systems (2015) Down scale
Where are the regulations?

7. 1.4 Adoption of improved technologies in agriculture (crops,
livestock and fisheries)
1.4.1 Support? the development of a National Economic
Instrument Act (which harmonizes /standardizes
incentives and penalties) – to facilitate entrainment of the
private sector (2017), business regulation act to improve
competitiveness-link with ongoing,
1.4.2 Support? Develop policies on food agricultural product
distribution (traceability and labelling), market structure
and information systems (2015) Down scale
Where are the regulations?