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Some areas in higher elevations in Kenya that may have been too cold for maize to thrive in the past would be warm enough for maize to grow in the near future.  

CGIAR Climate's insight:
Photo: K. Trautmann. With new areas becoming available for maize cultivation, it seems important that policy makers consider encouraging people to cultivate maize in these areas sometime in the future.
According to a study presented during national climate and agriculture meeting on Monday in Naivasha, Kenyan farmers can thrive despite changing growing conditions.“Climate change may cause farmers to abandon some areas they are currently cultivating and move to new areas with a potential for maize production,” said Michael Waithaka, a co-author of the report. Waithaka, who leads the Policy Analysis and Advocacy Program at Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA), called on the government to consider enacting in advance laws that could facilitate such movements in advance.
The adaptive capacity of the agricultural sector to climate change in Kenya is low mainly due to limited economic resources for investment in more resilient production systems.