226 research outputs found
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 mitigationÂ
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
A systematic review of local vulnerability to climate change: in search of transparency, coherence and comparability
Because vulnerability is a conceptual construct rather than a directly observable phenomenon,
most vulnerability assessments measure a set of “vulnerability indicators”. In order to identify
the core approaches and range of variation in the field, we conducted a systematic literature
review on local vulnerability to climate change. The systematic review entailed an
identification of frameworks, concepts, and operationalizations and a transparency assessment
of their reporting. Three fully defined relevant frameworks of vulnerability were identified:
IPCC, Patterns of Smallholder Vulnerability and Vulnerability as Expected Poverty.
Comparative analysis found substantial heterogeneity in frameworks, concepts and
operationalizations, making it impossible to identify patterns of climate vulnerability
indicators and determinants that have robust empirical support. If research measuring farmers’
vulnerability to climate change is to have any comparability, it needs greater conceptual
coherence and empirical validity. We recommend a systematic program of testing and
validating vulnerability measures before institutionalizing them in programmatic contexts
Identifying constraining and enabling factors to the uptake of medium- and long-term climate information in decision making
We apply a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature to assess constraining and enabling
factors to the uptake of medium- to long-term climate information in a wide range of sectoral
investment and planning decisions. Common applications of climate information are shown to
relate to adaptation of environmental policy and planning, urban planning and infrastructure,
as well as flood and coastal management. Analysis of identified literature highlights five
categories of enablers to the uptake of medium- to long-term climate information in decision-making, the most of frequent of which relates to greater collaboration and bridging between producers and users of climate information. Five categories of constraints are also identified, the largest comprising of scientific and technical limitations associated with available
medium- to long-term climate information
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
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