The government is developing a climate-smart Livestock Master Plan (LMP) that will ensure provision accurate data and information on livestock resources.
The plan will also provide the available environmentally friendly investment options to guide the development of a sustainable livestock sector to attract more and better targeted investments.
In a speech read on his behalf by the Director of Livestock Policy Research at the Ministry of Agriculture Dr.
Christopher Wanga during the launch of Heifer International Kenya's ambitious and transformative Practice for Change (P4C) Signature Program, Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said that over 80 percent of Kenya is arid or semi-arid (ASAL), where the livestock sector is an integral part of the agricultural sector while playing a key role in supporting livelihoods, generating income, contributing to healthy diets, and climate resilience in these and other rain-fed areas. "Agricultural transformation is not a sprint; it is a decades-long journey that requires us to modernize on-farm production, integrate value addition, and create systems that are both productive and resilient, and this transformation is not optional but essential," Kagwe said.
