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KITUI and Samburu will become Kenya's new maize breadbasket due to shifting weather patterns, according to climate change models released yesterday. Trans Nzoia will become too hot for any maize to grow there.

CGIAR Climate's insight:
KITUI and Samburu will become Kenya's new maize breadbasket due to shifting weather patterns, according to climate change models released yesterday. Trans Nzoia will become too hot for any maize to grow there. This according to a new report by IFPRI, ASARECA and CCAFS.
The report was prepared by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFRI), ASARECA in partnership with CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). It indicates that areas that maize will thrive in areas that were too cold for maize in the past.
Michael Waithaka, a co-author of the report, who leads the Policy Analysis and Advocacy Program at Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) said big climate changes are very likely to occur and farmers need to have options so they can adapt.- See more at: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-136032/kitui-samburu-become-kenyas-breadbaskets#sthash.ppJMiBZS.dpufThe report was prepared by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFRI), ASARECA in partnership with CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). It indicates that areas that maize will thrive in areas that were too cold for maize in the past.
Michael Waithaka, a co-author of the report, who leads the Policy Analysis and Advocacy Program at Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) said big climate changes are very likely to occur and farmers need to have options so they can adapt.- See more at: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-136032/kitui-samburu-become-kenyas-breadbaskets#sthash.ppJMiBZS.dpuf