Kenya : Agricultural Sector Risk Assessment

Despite myriad challenges, Kenya has emerged in recent years as one of Africa’s frontier economies, with headline growth in the most recent decade propelling the country toward middle-income status. Less well understood is how risk dynamics associa...

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Main Authors:	D’Alessandro, Stephen P., Caballero, Jorge, Lichte, John, Simpkin, Simon
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL POLICIES VETERINARY SERVICES AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SORGHUM LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS BEANS YIELD LOSS POVERTY RATES LIVESTOCK RESEARCH GRAIN RESERVE PLANT PROTECTION CASSAVA ROOTS HORTICULTURAL CROPS WATER LOGGING GIS LARGE FARMS IFPRI EAST COAST FEVER CAPACITY BUILDING PIGEON PEAS RAW SUGAR MILK PROCESSORS PESTICIDES FERTILIZERS ANIMAL HEALTH CROP YIELD CROP PRODUCTION CEREALS YIELD INDEX TRAINING DAIRY FARMS AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGROCLIMATIC CONDITIONS SHEEP SEEDS AFRICAN FARMERS BIODIVERSITY VIOLENCE BEAN PALM OIL MARKETS FRUITS VEGETABLES HIGH YIELDS GUINEA FOWL FORESTRY INDICATORS SWINE FEVER FARMERS ANIMAL PRODUCTION BARLEY NATURAL RESOURCES PESTE DES PETITS RUMINANTS CROPS AGRICULTURAL FERTILIZERS BLACK SIGATOKA INFRASTRUCTURE SOIL MANAGEMENT DISEASE OUTBREAKS USAID LIVESTOCK MARKETS CROP YIELDS HYBRID SEEDS FARMLAND INSECTS CROP AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS RUMINANTS VETERINARIAN APHIDS MAIZE YIELDS REPORTS RURAL POVERTY ORGANIC FERTILIZERS COFFEE AGRICULTURE FAO MALNUTRITION CALVES PEST MANAGEMENT EGGS POPULATIONS CATTLE PRODUCERS SMALL RUMINANTS CROP LOSSES FOOD STORAGE GRAIN QUALITY CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES FISHERIES KARI PLANT HEALTH IRRIGATION SYSTEMS CORN IRRIGATION FOOD CROPS FOOD SAFETY FOOD SUPPLY DISEASE VECTORS FEED STRIGA AVERAGE YIELDS POPULATION SUGAR PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE SOIL FERTILITY MOISTURE INDEX COMMODITIES INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE MILK MARKETING FOOD PRICES ILRI GOATS FOOT MOUTH DISEASE SEASONS VEGETABLE JUICES BIODIVERSITY LOSS GRAIN CEREAL CROPS CATTLE POPULATION POTATO HARVEST TROPICAL AGRICULTURE POULTRY DRY BEANS AGRICULTURAL GROWTH THAILAND INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE URBANIZATION AGRICULTURAL CREDIT TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION NEMATODES MILK AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION INSECT PESTS UNITED NATIONS ROOT CROPS INFECTIOUS BURSAL DISEASE ANIMALS COWPEAS FOWL TYPHOID AFRICAN SWINE FEVER IITA DAIRY FARM CIMMYT PLANNING PLANT DISEASES TREES WATER RESOURCES FOOD SHORTAGES AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LANDS POVERTY REDUCTION PLANS MAIZE AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE DISEASES ANIMAL DISEASES CASH CROPS AGRICULTURAL EXPORT AGRICULTURAL MARKETS POPULATION GROWTH RURAL INCOME RIFT VALLEY FEVER SOIL EROSION LUMPY SKIN DISEASE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT POVERTY INCIDENCE CROP PRODUCTION SYSTEMS LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS ANIMAL DISEASE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RINDERPEST HERBICIDES LIVESTOCK MARKET LIVESTOCK FEED RESEARCH AVERAGE YIELD LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS FARMING LIVESTOCK CONTAGIOUS BOVINE PLEUROPNEUMONIA POULTRY PRODUCTION VEGETABLE PRODUCTION FOOD PRODUCTION SOIL HEALTH AGRICULTURAL POLICY PADDY RICE SEED VARIETIES TECHNOLOGY BORDER TRADE UNDP CIAT BEEF BEEF CATTLE SOCIAL SAFETY NETS NEWCASTLE DISEASE EXTENSION AGENTS FOOD SECURITY CLIMATE CHANGE LOSS OF CROPS PESTS CREDIT MUTTON SWINE TUBERS MILLET FORESTS CROPPING CROPPING SEASONS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS SOIL MOISTURE AGRICULTURAL LAND CATTLE KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE INDICA YIELD LOSSES AGRICULTURAL INPUTS ACCESS TO CREDIT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS MOA POTATOES QUARANTINE ANTHRAX SOIL ACIDITY IFAD SUGARCANE INVESTMENT BREEDING LIVESTOCK POPULATION FARMS MEAT SWITZERLAND FOOD SAFETY REGULATIONS WHEAT SOILS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY RICE CROP RESIDUES PASTURES RESISTANT VARIETIES FARMING SYSTEMS CROP LOSS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE DAIRY CATTLE AGROCHEMICAL COWPEA SUGAR BEEF COW
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/24839584/kenya-agricultural-sector-risk-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23350

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Summary:	Despite myriad challenges, Kenya has emerged in recent years as one of Africa’s frontier economies, with headline growth in the most recent decade propelling the country toward middle-income status. Less well understood is how risk dynamics associated with production, markets, and policy adversely impact sector performance, in terms of both influencing ex ante decision making among farmers, traders, and other sector stakeholders and causing ex post losses to crops, livestock, and incomes - destabilizing livelihoods and jeopardizing the country’s food security. The present study was commissioned in part to bridge this knowledge gap. It is the first step in a multiphase process designed to integrate a stronger risk focus into sector planning and development programs. It seeks to learn from and build on a range of broad initiatives by the Government of Kenya (GoK) and its development partners purposed to enhance Kenya’s resilience and response to natural disasters. The ultimate objective is implementation of a holistic and systematic risk management system that will reduce the vulnerability and strengthen the resiliency of Kenya’s agricultural supply chains, and the livelihoods that depend on them. This sector risk assessment is the primary output of phase one. The study’s main objective is to identify, assess, and prioritize principal risks facing Kenya’s agriculture sector by analyzing their impacts via quantitative and qualitative measures. The study’s main findings highlight an agriculture sector increasingly vulnerable to extreme weather variability. Chapter one gives introduction. Chapter two provides an overview of Kenya’s agriculture sector and a discussion of key growth constraints. Chapter three assesses the main agricultural risks (production, market, and enabling environment). Chapter four analyzes the frequency and severity of the major risks identified and assesses their impact. Chapter five presents some stakeholder perceptions of these risks and the potential to improve their management. Chapter six concludes with an assessment of priorities for risk management and a broad discussion of possible risk management measures that can help to strengthen the resiliency of agricultural supply chains and the livelihoods they support.

Kenya : Agricultural Sector Risk Assessment

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