The government’s focus is on promoting sustainable agricultural practices that increase crop yields, manage post-harvest losses, conserve natural resources, protect biodiversity, and mitigate climate change effects.

Dr. Kipronoh Ronoh, Principal Secretary, State Department for Agriculture said prioritising development and dissemination of climate-smart agricultural technologies such as introduction of drought-tolerant crop varieties, implementing water-efficient irrigation techniques, adopting integrated pest management strategies and mechanising agricultural processes is therefore essential.

Dr. Ronoh was speaking Tuesday during the official launch of the 2nd Kenya Agricultural Livestock Research Organisation’s (KALRO) Strategic Plan 2023–24–2027–28, which is aligned to the government’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA).

The PS however said that despite extreme weather events, erratic climate patterns, and the adverse impacts of climate change, Kenya’s agriculture sector has demonstrated remarkable resilience contributing on average 22 percent of the country’s GDP annually. read more