East Africa CSVs: Vision, approaches and activities
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East Africa CSVs: vision, approaches & activities
• Wote - Water stress (semi-arid), drought, low soil fertility, pests & diseases
• Lushoto - Soil erosion, declining soil
• fertility, water stress, drought, pests & diseases
• Borana -Drought, water stress
Climate related risk profile of CCAFS sites • Nyando -Soil erosion,
declining soil
• fertility, water stress, drought & floods, pests & diseases
• Hoima -Soil erosion, declining
• soil fertility, deforestation, pests & diseases
• Rakai - Soil erosion, declining
• soil fertility, deforestation, pests & diseases
CCAFS-EA vision
A climate resilient region that is food and nutrition secure with equitable access to livelihood opportunities and reduced GHG emission intensity that is supported by well-coordinated institutional frameworks for enabling policies and increasing investments in agriculture and natural resource management
Nyando case: climate risks & info-note
Long rains start early March till end June; maize does well only in this season , sorghum
is planted in February using pre-season rains. Short rains start early October till mid-
December; there is a weak intermediate season in August and September and farmers
respond to this by planting short season, drought tolerant in early August.