Protecting the harvest in Kenya’s North Rift through harvest and postharvest climate advisories

Protecting the harvest in Kenya’s North Rift through harvest and postharvest climate advisories

The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and agriBORA convened farmers and partners in Eldoret on 10 September 2026 to explore how climate information and post-harvest solutions can reduce losses and protect harvest value.

For farmers in Kenya’s North Rift, a good harvest does not necessarily translate into a good return.

Long before grain reaches the market, its value can be eroded by unpredictable rainfall, poor harvesting practices, inadequate drying, pests, unsafe storage and financial pressure leading to selling quickly. In a region central to Kenya’s food production, these losses are increasingly difficult to separate from the wider challenge of climate change.

These issues were at the heart of the Harvest and Post-Harvest Value Protection Sensitization Workshop, held in Eldoret on 10 September 2026 under the P4G project (Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030) and convened by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT together with agriBORA. The workshop brought together farmers, agricultural officers, meteorological experts, grain warehouse operators, researchers and other stakeholders to explore a critical question: How can farmers not only produce successfully under a changing climate, but also protect the value of what they produce?

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