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Eastern Africa Climate-Smart Agriculture Scoping Study: Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda

Year of publication 2016

Pages 108 p.

Author Njeru, E., Grey, S. and Kilawe, E.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Category Technical study

ISBN No ISBN

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This publication was commissioned under the auspices of the project “FAO technical support to the COMESA-EAC-SADC program on climate change adaptation and mitigation in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSRO/RAF/307/COM)”. The study goal was to consult with stakeholders, including government departments, the private sector, civil society organizations, development partners, research institutions and NGOs involved in current and past climate-smart agriculture initiatives in the Eastern Africa (EA) sub -region, to map, review, analyse and synthesize major past and current CSA initiatives, in order to document the key stakeholders involved, the policies in place and the constraints, challenges, opportunities and enabling factors to adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices and technologies in the subregion.

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