Youth opportunity spaces in low-emission dairy development in Kenya: Research findings and policy recommendations

The dairy sector in Kenya produces over 4 billion liters of milk per year and supports 1.3 million producer households with a vital contribution to incomes and nutrition. However, total national production fails to meet demand. There is a need for increased efforts to support value chain development growth in the sector. In addition to the potential of dairy to support economic growth, the dairy sector is receiving substantial attention as a pathway to achieve Kenya’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), commitments to international agreements to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensities. Intensification of production would reduce emission intensities by generating a higher volume of milk per unit of GHG emission. However, Kenya’s NDCs specify that the environmental target of GHG emissions reduction should be pursued in accordance with its broader sustainable development agenda. Low-emission development has significant implications for reaching International Sustainable Development Goals; specifically, Decent Work and Economic Growth (SDG #8) and Gender Equality (SDG #5)

Best practice guide to socially and gender-inclusive development in the Kenyan intensive dairy sector

This report is a guide to best practices for gender and social inclusion in Kenyan intensive dairy sector. This guide is meant as a practical resource to inform the development of Kenya’s Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) strategy. Kenya’s NAMA will provide climate finance mechanisms to a number of stakeholders in the livestock sector who are currently practising or interested in low-emissions development. Although development interventions in Kenya’s dairy industry have begun to recognize gender and social differentiation issues, there is a critical need to fill the knowledge gaps that exist in the practical application of gender mainstreaming from policy to field level. This guide provides a synthesis of lessons learned and recommendations for gender-equitable low-emissions development. The guide draws upon both extant literature and project experiences revealed by industry experts (n=12). To safeguard the anonymity of participants, no personal names or official positions are mentioned. This guide solely focuses on high-potential dairy development areas, as these are the priority sites for Kenya’s NAMA

Livestock transitions: Global options and local realities for adaptation and mitigation

Presentation by Todd Crane on climate action options in Africa's Livestock Systems. Presented at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) COP 27 at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 2022

Integrating pastoralism into policy process: Enhancing pastoral adaptation and sustainable development

This brief is based on analysis of how past and present policy processes affect the capacity of pastoralists to adapt to climate change in Senegal, using Ngnith Municipality in the delta of the Senegal River as a case study. Drawing on a combination of literature review and original fieldwork. Our conclusions lead us to provide some recommendations which need to be more integrated in future policy-making process in order to avoid maladaptation and social inequity

Pastoral adaptation and policy environment: How discourses shape knowledge, policy and adaptation

The purpose of this paper is to analyze how the policy environment in Senegal influences pastoral climate change adaptation. The analysis of the link between policy environment and pastoral adaptation is based on a case study in the Ngnith municipality of the Senegal River delta and other localities in the delta. We argue that past policies have both changed the ecological and social systems and also changed the viability of livelihoods, especially by integrating national and international markets supported by national policies and leading to land competition, increasing the pastoral vulnerability. The present policy environment shapes the pastoral adaptation because policy processes lead to new power relations that marginalized pastoralists. Changes in the stakeholders and their uneven distribution of power leads to inequalities in terms of land allocation opportunities and limitation of the flexible livelihoods access which is primordial of pastoralism resilience. In conclusion, we argue that unpacking the political dimension of social-environment interactions is helpful in understanding the evolution of pastoralists’ capacity to adapt to climate change