Nakuru County Government in collaboration with the Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) is in the process of establishing a Climate Information Centre that will empower farmers with agro-weather information to enhance their farming activities.
The County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Water, Environment, Energy, Climate Change, and Natural Resources, Dr Nelson Maara explained that the centre will be used in collating, analysing, packaging up, and distributing climate data on variables such as temperature, rainfall, wind, soil moisture, lake conditions, and extreme weather indicators.
The CECM said the data collected was crucial to farmers in the County as it will enable them make the right decisions for their farming activities in addition, he said the data will help decision-makers in the County come up with right and relevant polices.
The initiative, Dr Maara pointed out was aimed at building resilience and promoting sustainable development in Nakuru County through enhanced access to and utilization of climate related information and intelligence. "The centre will also have other capabilities including serving as a call centre for disaster risk management", added Dr Maara.
