Deadline: 30-Aug-2024
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) invites applications for developing a National Implementation Strategy for Methane Reduction Strategy in Kenya’s Livestock Subsector.
This project responds to a request by the State Department for Livestock Development (SDLD) of Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development to develop a national methane reduction strategy for the livestock sub-sector, accompanied by demonstration projects for the implementation of methane mitigation technologies on dairy farms. The demonstration project will focus on improved forages and other practices for improving feeding of cattle, breeding and animal health.
The strategy should align with and help advance Kenya’s climate goals, including those in the:
- Climate-Smart Agriculture Strategy (KCSAS) 2017-2026
- Climate-Smart Agriculture Implementation Framework (KCSAIF) 2018-2027.
The outputs of this project should inform Kenya’s 2025 NDC update; support the development of evidence-based policies and measures that address short-lived climate pollutants in the livestock sub-sector; and scale up methane mitigation measures through awareness creation of mitigation technologies at project and farm level.
The project should build on the findings of Kenya’s National SLCP Plan, and the draft roadmap for reducing methane from the livestock sector and capacity-building funded by the CCAC.
Funding Information
- Estimated project cost: $700,000.
Expected Results
- Project applicants are expected to deliver a project plan that will deliver the following outputs and outcomes:
- Outcome 1: Dairy farmers in Kenya have increased capacity to implement methane mitigation technologies and practices by the end of the project.
- Indicator: Number of non-government entities with a demonstrated improved capacity for SLCP action
- Output 1.1: Deliver training to 3,000 farmers representing 3 major dairy production systems (intensive; semi-intensive; and extensive systems) on the use of mitigation technologies, innovation and practices to reduce methane emissions. These include improved forage and other practices for improving feeding of cattle, breeding, and animal health. The farms will act as the lead for collection of dairy activity and performance data for improvement of the inventory.
- Output 1.2: Mapping of dairy farms in selected counties to be selected for training and demonstration activities.
- Outcome 2: Implementation plan for mitigation strategies on selected farms and corresponding monitoring framework are approved by the State Department for Livestock Development during the project.
- Indicator: Number of action plans, roadmaps, strategies, or other future plans with SLCP targets or mitigation measures formally adopted, endorsed, and/or implemented
- Output 2.1: Implementation plan for mitigation strategies and monitoring framework to track emission reduction over one year which includes:
- Identification of mitigation measures to be demonstrated based on the draft roadmap for reducing methane from the livestock sector and existing assessments.
- Baseline assessment of methane emissions and financial and economic analysis of selected farms conducted to identify specific entry points to mitigate enteric methane and enhance productivity.
- Economic and impact analysis of methane mitigation in the livestock sector.
- Safeguard assessment to ensure preservation of national dairy production systems in varying agro-ecological zones that are key category sources of emissions.
- Output 2.2 Training of Trainers (ToTs) trainings delivered to personnel at the county (Sub-national level) on survey methods for dairy AD collection; GHG inventory development using county data; and mitigation potential assessment development.
- Outcome 3: The Government of Kenya endorses a methane reduction implementation strategy for the livestock sub-sector by the end of the project or soon after.
- Indicator: Number of action plans, roadmaps, strategies, or other future plans with SLCP targets or mitigation measures formally adopted, endorsed, and/or implemented
- Output 3.1. National methane reduction implementation strategy drafted including at a minimum:
- Current finance landscape
- Requirements that have been identified in strategies and plans
- Current climate finance strategies, investment plans, policies in place (national and subnational)
- Institutional arrangements
- Key roles on climate finance within the country under each strategic intervention
- Focal points within the government
- Responsible teams
- Mainstreaming into national budgeting process
- Costing for implementation
- Main sub-actions within each mitigation action
- Upfront capital costs, ongoing maintenance costs, capacity building and human resources needed to implement the action
- Review with relevant stakeholders, experts
- Funding gaps and needs
- Priority actions and scope
- Barriers and enabling environment
- Mix of financial measures required + level/type of support needed
- Funding status of priority actions
- Public and private financing options
- Existing development policies, programmes, infrastructure project pipelines
- Opportunities to mainstream climate change priorities into the national budgetary/planning process
- Information on co-benefits for different departments
- Bilateral and multilateral funding sources
- Suitability and potential attractiveness of actions to the private sector
- Monitoring, reporting, and verification for finance
- Approach to track finance/spending for relevant activities
- Output 3.2: Stakeholder consultations with Counties (COG and JASSCOM); Regulators (KDB; KVB; DVS; DLP; other MDAs – MOECCF; KFS; NEMA; etc.); Research and Academia (KALRO; ILRI; Universities, etc.) Farmers and Farmer Organizations; Processors (NKCC, Brookside, Githunguri, Meru Central and Palmhouse Dairies); Feeds manufacturers and producers; and dairy breeding societies through Kenya Livestock Breeders Association organized to support the development and endorsement of the implementation strategy.
- Outcome 4: The Government of Kenya adopts an improved MRV framework for the livestock sub-sector by the end of the project or soon after.
- Indicator: Number of monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) systems developed or updated that include SLCPs.
- Output 4.1. Develop an improved MRV system for the livestock sub-sector, incorporating SLCP monitoring and to support the transition to the requirements of the transparency framework.
- Output 4.2. Develop a digital MRV system to complement the national MRV system.
- Outcome 1: Dairy farmers in Kenya have increased capacity to implement methane mitigation technologies and practices by the end of the project.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for consideration, project proposals must meet the following requirements:
- Complete and submitted before the deadline
- Submitted by a non-governmental organization (NGO), intergovernmental organization (IGO), or other not-for-profit entity.
- Requested funding is within the estimated budget amount, or includes a clear justification for additional expenses
- Project duration is less than 24 months
- Budget criteria are met and spending caps on expenses are respected.
- Please note that entities will be required to provide the last three (3) audited financial statements to be eligible for CCAC funding. These statements may be provided along with the application for funding or at the request of the CCAC Secretariat during the evaluation process.
- For-profit entities may only participate in the project as stakeholders, co-funders, or end users. Applicants are encouraged to include for-profit entities in the development of the project proposal and/or during project implementation if their ownership of the proposed solution is key to the project’s success.
For more information, visit CCAC.