Innovative Approaches Towards Agricultural Risk Management
Kenya’s agricultural sector is very important to its economy. However, as in other African countries south of the Sahara, it is increasingly vulnerable to vagaries of climate change, with climate-related risks affecting food production, food and income security, and having spillover effects to the w...
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| author | Kramer, Berber Laiboni, Gabriel Munene |
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| description | Kenya’s agricultural sector is very important to its economy. However, as in other African countries south of the Sahara, it is increasingly vulnerable to vagaries of climate change, with climate-related risks affecting food production, food and income security, and having spillover effects to the wider economy. In the absence of urgent action against climate change, the economic prognosis, and impacts in terms of food security look bleak. Management of agricultural risks requires a holistic approach. To address challenges related to climate change, such as erratic weather patterns, farmers will need to adapt how they grow their crops and manage their livelihoods. This includes adopting seeds of stress tolerant varieties and using crop insurance to reduce the amount of risk that their farming enterprise faces. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1277832025-03-13T19:11:39Z Innovative Approaches Towards Agricultural Risk Management Kramer, Berber Laiboni, Gabriel Munene innovation risk risk management seeds insurance Kenya’s agricultural sector is very important to its economy. However, as in other African countries south of the Sahara, it is increasingly vulnerable to vagaries of climate change, with climate-related risks affecting food production, food and income security, and having spillover effects to the wider economy. In the absence of urgent action against climate change, the economic prognosis, and impacts in terms of food security look bleak. Management of agricultural risks requires a holistic approach. To address challenges related to climate change, such as erratic weather patterns, farmers will need to adapt how they grow their crops and manage their livelihoods. This includes adopting seeds of stress tolerant varieties and using crop insurance to reduce the amount of risk that their farming enterprise faces. 2023-01-18 2023-01-22T18:18:55Z 2023-01-22T18:18:55Z Blog Post https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127783 en Open Access International Food Policy Research Institute Kramer, Berber; and Laiboni, Gabriel Munene. 2023. Innovative Approaches Towards Agricultural Risk Management. IFPRI Blog. https://kenya.ifpri.info/2023/01/18/innovative-approaches-towards-agricultural-risk-management/. https://kenya.ifpri.info/2023/01/18/innovative-approaches-towards-agricultural-risk-management/ |
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| title | Innovative Approaches Towards Agricultural Risk Management |
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| title_short | Innovative Approaches Towards Agricultural Risk Management |
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