Samenvatting

Climate change is a major hindrance to global sustainable development. The well being of future generations is facing critical environmental challenges. The effect of globalization in terms of economic, social and technological changes have been rapid and have left human beings behind schedule yet hunger is a persistent disaster to millions of human beings. The agriculture sector in Kenya is identified as a significant contributor to the national economic growth, the livestock sector employees over sixty percent of the population. The majority of farmers in the livestock sector are small-scale farmers. The sub-sector is dominated by small-scale farmers estimated at 1.8 million farmers and 500 large scale farmers that are vulnerable to effects of climate change and are huge contributors to climate change. Approximately ninety-eight percent of the agricultural production in Kenya is rain-dependent and are prone to many challenges including greenhouse gas production, population pressure and increased sensitivity to climate change impacts and variability. To mitigate against the effects of climate change and enhance agricultural productivity, the adoption of Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) has been identified as a practical alternative.