Kenya has called on governments, researchers, private sector players and development partners to chart a new path for sustainable agriculture and resilient food systems in low- and middle-income countries.
Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has said Kenya, working together with partners and also local institutions, has already developed groundbreaking innovations geared towards transforming agriculture and also research.
Speaking when he officially opened a one-week Consultative Group on International Research (CGIAR) Science week at the United Nations campus, Nairobi, Mudavadi said the country was fully committed to supporting agricultural research and innovation. "Our Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA) prioritizes the agri-food system as a key pillar of economic transformation and transforming this sector will drive poverty reduction and job creation, improve livelihoods and food security, enhance gender equality and inclusion, and also address climate change adaptation and environmental sustainability," he added.
The Prime Cabinet Secretary named Kenya's Agricultural Sector Transformation and Growth Strategy and the Kenya Climate-Smart Agriculture Project as some of the key examples of initiatives aligned with the country's Vision 2030 and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), aimed at ensuring that no citizen goes to bed hungry.
