Kenya's Tea Sector under Climate Change

Year of publication2015

AuthorFAO

PublisherFAO

AbstractFollowing the Intergovernmental Group Meeting on Tea in New Delhi in 2010, FAO was requested by the Government of Kenya to assist with a climate change impact assessment of tea in Kenya and to help develop a new strategy to confront its effects. This report is the outcome of a two-year project in Kenya and offers the findings from an integrated climate impact assessment. The analysis covered (i) historical and future links between climate parameters and tea yields, (ii) a carbon life cycle analy sis, (iii) tea management scenarios under climate change using aquacrop model, and (iv) a socio-economic analysis of small holder tea farms and households and their coping options under climate change. The report also summarizes the core elements of an inclusive, multi-stakeholder-led new climate-compatible strategy for tea.

 

Product typeBook (stand-alone)

CountryKenya

RegionAfrica

ISBN978-92-5-108833-3

Areas of workGlobal Commodity Markets

CommodityTea

KeywordsKenya; tea industry; tea; climate change; food crops; greenhouse gases; household food security