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Kenya Likely to Experience Heavy Rainfall in April

By Mary Hearty In the next three months, Kenya is most likely to experience enhanced rainfall, with most parts of the country expecting more intense rainfall in April. However, in the Coastal strip, the rainfall peak is expected in May. This is according to the Kenya Metrological Department (KMD) weather outlook for March-April-May 2022 long […]

IPCC Report: Need to Accelerate Positive, Sustainable Adaptation Practices

By Sharon Atieno With the latest Intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) report showing that despite efforts to reduce risks, human-induced climate change causes dangerous and widespread disruption in nature affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, countries have been urged to accelerate positive and sustainable adaptation practices. Dr. Joseph Mutemi, Scientist, […]

15 Dec, 21

Climate Change Adaptation: Women Group Adds Value to Drought-Resistant Crops, Fruits

By Kahindi Vilivu The 2021 devolution conference that was held at Wote in Makueni County tasked the county governments to put in place measures that would address the adverse effects of climate change among the communities. The conference that was addressed by President Uhuru Kenyatta via a video link and was attended by 25 governors […]

Livestock Derived Foods- vital to Tackling Food, Nutrition Insecurity in Africa

By Dr. Chimimba David Phiri More than one-third of the world’s undernourished people reside in Africa. The number of chronically undernourished continues to rise on the continent to 250 million in 2019, nearly one-fifth of the population. Of this number, 235 million are in sub-Saharan Africa. Animal-derived or sourced foods (ASF), have an important role […]

09 Dec, 21

PELIS Approach Increasing Kenyan Forest Cover

By Sharon Atieno Despite forests playing a key role in absorption of greenhouse gas emissions and consequently reducing the negative impacts of climate change, Kenya has been losing its forest cover at an alarming rate. According to the Global Forest Watch, from 2013 to 2020, 80% of tree cover loss in Kenya occurred within natural […]

Kenya: FAO Launches Green Cities Initiative in Mombasa

By Sharon Atieno Mombasa County becomes the third city in Kenya to launch the Green Cities Initiative (GCI) which aims to improve the livelihoods and well-being of urban and peri-urban populations by addressing urban challenges including urbanization, agri-food systems limits and climate change. Besides Mombasa, Kisumu and Nairobi cities in Kenya are among the 12 […]