Sorghum Kenya: Climate risk assessment

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cg.contributor.affiliationCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen
cg.contributor.affiliationWageningen University & Researchen
cg.contributor.affiliationSNV Netherlands Development Organisationen
cg.contributor.affiliationAgriterraen
cg.contributor.affiliationRabobanken
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen
cg.coverage.countryKenyaen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KEen
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen
cg.creator.identifierTeferi Demissie: 0000-0002-0228-1972en
cg.creator.identifierConfidence Duku: 0000-0002-1670-3451en
cg.creator.identifierAnnemarie Groot-Kormelinck: 0000-0002-3862-0753en
cg.creator.identifierannemarie groot: 0000-0002-7111-1088en
cg.creator.identifierJohn Walker Recha: 0000-0002-1146-7197en
cg.creator.identifierJoab Osumba: 0000-0002-1728-9176en
cg.identifier.projectCCAFS: PII-EA_CRAFTen
cg.subject.ccafsCLIMATE-SMART TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICESen
dc.contributor.authorDemissie, Teferi Dejeneen
dc.contributor.authorDuku, Confidenceen
dc.contributor.authorGroot, Annemarieen
dc.contributor.authorMuhwanga, Josephen
dc.contributor.authorNzoka, Oscaren
dc.contributor.authorRecha, John W.M.en
dc.contributor.authorOsumba, Joab J.L.en
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-12T13:43:09Zen
dc.date.available2020-03-12T13:43:09Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/107722
dc.titleSorghum Kenya: Climate risk assessmenten
dcterms.abstractSorghum is a staple food crop for many low-income households in Kenya. It is typically grown by small-scale, resource-poor farmers and is mainly used for home consumption. As the only cereal species indigenous to Kenya, sorghum is produced in many parts of the country, even in areas with low agricultural potential (Kilambya, 2013). Sorghum can grow anywhere from sea level to 2,500 meters above sea level and requires a minimum rainfall of 250 mm per year and a minimum temperature of 10°C (Kilambya, 2013). Its production is concentrated in Kenya’s southwestern and south-central regions, namely Eastern, Nyanza, Western and Rift Valley regions, which collectively produce 99% of the country’s sorghum. National production of the crop stood at 1.9 million bags in 2014. Eastern and Nyanza regions recorded highest production with 761,414 and 757,862 (90 kg) bags respectively. There are approximately 240,000 small scale sorghum farmers with farm sizes ranging from 0.4 to 0.6 Ha (1 to 1.5 acres) in the country. Many farmers grow sorghum with other crops such as maize, cowpeas, beans and pigeon peas.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDemissie T, Duku C, Groot A, Muhwanga J, Nzoka O, Recha J, Osumba J. 2020. Sorghum Kenya: Climate risk assessment. Climate Resilient Agribusiness for Tomorrow (CRAFT).en
dcterms.extent4 p.en
dcterms.issued2020-03-12en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseOtheren
dcterms.publisherCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectrisken
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.typeBriefen

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