From project support to institutional ownership of climate services
The ECREA project is transforming how climate services operate in East Africa by shifting the system from isolated, technical forecasting to a coordinated public service model where meteorological agencies and agricultural institutions jointly produce and deliver climate information that farmers can understand, trust, and use to improve their seasonal decisions.
- Climate
- Kenya
- Africa
- climate change
From project support to institutional ownership of climate services
The ECREA project is transforming how climate services operate in East Africa by shifting the system from isolated, technical forecasting to a coordinated public service model where meteorological agencies and agricultural institutions jointly produce and deliver climate information that farmers can understand, trust, and use to improve their seasonal decisions.
Across East Africa, climate services are becoming increasingly central to agricultural decision-making. Yet for many years, climate information systems and agricultural advisory services operated largely in parallel. Meteorological agencies generated forecasts, while agricultural extension systems focused on crop management advice. Without strong coordination between these institutions, climate information often remained disconnected from the decisions farmers needed to make in their fields.
As climate variability increases across the region, strengthening the institutional systems that connect climate science with agricultural advisory services has become essential.