Adaptation to Climate Change and Insurance (ACCI)

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overview:
sector:Agriculture
stimulus:Drought, Precipitation change
impacts:Increased forest fire frequency, Rainfed agricultural production loss, Soil moisture reduction
Adaptation to Climate Change and Insurance (ACCI) is a bilateral project between the Kenyan and German Governments, funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and the Government of Kenya. It is implemented by the Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture and GIZ – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit.

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project classification:
project type: agricultural management,natural resource management,technical advice
project status: implementation running
running time: not specified
spatial scale: national
effect emergence: not specified
effect persistence: not specified
 
project costs:
total costs: 3000000 euro
initial investment: not specified
maintenance costs: not specified
problem solving capacity and reversibility:
problem solving coverage: medium
reversibility: high
responsibilities:
initiating agent: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries together with GIZ
executing agent: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries
funding source: German Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
additional information:
@location: Africa, Kenya, Homa Bay County;
@location: Africa, Kenya, Busia County;
@location: Africa, Kenya, Nairobi;

Additional information can be found on the project website
www.acci.co.ke
evaluative information:
success factors: Ownership of the Kenyan/government partners (includes also funding arrangements), motivation of executing staff
limiting factors: Political developments (e.g. devolution process) erodes staff availability and therefore capacity which has been build
synergies to mitigation: Mitigation side-effects occur while addressing adaptation among smallholders
no regret / win-win option: Project provides important lessons learnt and tested products which can be scaled and applied also outside the partner country
project evaluation: Project will achieve tha targets set out in the planning framework with regard to deliverables (products/ draft policy).
An assessment among the farmers states that more than 65% of the participating farmers have applied at least one strategy promoted by the extension service to address climate change
contact information:
Petra Jacobi (GIZ) and Joab Osumba (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (MALF)
Utumishi House, 5th floor, Nairobi, Kenya
tel.: +254 20 273 1828
email: petra.jacobi@giz.de and jlosumba@gmail.de
information source:
not specified