This report is one of the annual monitoring and evaluation (M&E) reports for the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) generated by the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) network. The topic featured in this report is: public agricultural expenditure and investments. The overall objective is to review and analyse data and synthesize information on agricultural expenditure by the public and private sectors so as to shed light on the progress being made in addressing the problem of low investment in the agricultural sector.

 "Using an analytical model to explore potential gendered dimensions in agricultural innovation systems". ReSAKSS Working Paper No. 39. 2016.

"Assessing the participation of men and women in cross-border trade in agriculture: Evidence from selected East African countries". ReSAKSS Working Paper No. 38. 2016. 

The major significance of this study is thus, to give the already existing dynamic CGE model the ability to better treat the livestock sector by capturing its complete natural picture through coupling of the stockflow feature of the sector into the model.

To assess these national capacity needs, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support Systems (ReSAKSS) initiated a study in Kenya and other African nations. Twenty-eight Kenyan organizations were determined to be key players in the agricultural policymaking process, but only 11 participated in the study. Overall, the study found that there is a need to build human, financial, and physical capacities for the major stakeholders involved in the Kenyan policymaking process.

CAADP Post-Compact Review: Kenya Country Review Report. September 2010.

Growth and Food Security Through Increased Agricultural Productivity and Trade. A Medium-Term Investment Plan for Kenya’s Agricultural Sector: 2010-2015.

Kenya signed CAADP Compact.

Pastoralism is the dominant livelihood activity in the North Eastern Province (NEP) of Kenya. It is supplemented only by a limited amount of agriculture along the rivers. The province faces various developmental challenges including chronic poverty and food insecurity, low human capital and poor health standards, high vulnerability to climate change, poor infrastructure, insecurity and low crop and livestock productivity.