AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS IN THE MAU FORESTS COMPLEX - CO-DESIGNING FUTURE CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND SHARED PROSPERITY

The overall aim of the study is to provide a comprehensive comparison of natural capital, in the form of agricultural and forestry production, ecosystem services, social capital, including networks, policies and interventions, human and produced capitals, now and in the past when the Mau complex was intact to demonstrate the significance of the ecosystem services provided by the water tower and fo. [...] Some of the social barriers to reducing land degradation and protection of the water towers include: i) a low level of awareness of the dependencies of agriculture on ecosystem services provided by natural ecosystems, ii) limited understanding of the economic value of ecosystem services, and iii) the risks associated with a deterioration in quality of the natural capital that supports agriculture. [...] Going forward, legal and policy actions include the development of subsidiary legislation and a roadmap for the implementation of the Climate Change Act, 2016; harmonization of sectoral policies and laws to integrate climate change; development of climate change mainstreaming guidelines and indicators; and regulations governing the incentives for the promotion of climate change initiatives by priv. [...] This includes the enactment of the Agriculture and Food Authority Act 2013 (revised 2015), Crops Act (2013), and Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Act (2013); development of the Veterinary Medicines Bill and Veterinary Medicines Regulations, operationalization of the Agriculture Food Authority (AFA), the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) and the Veterinary Medi. [...] In tackling land use disparities, the Government of Kenya recognises that i) the decline in the supply of pastures and portable water stirs conflicts among pastoralists and between small and large-scale irrigation farmer; ii) the poor quality of air and water increases disease risks in human beings, livestock, wildlife and eventually extinction of some life forms; iii) the destruction of water cat.