Migratory and Invasive Pests and Weeds Management Strategy 2022-2027.

This Migratory and Invasive Pests and Weeds Management Strategy relies on the experience from the desert locust campaign to address the challenges associated with managing migratory and invasive pests and weeds, that infest and destroy crops, pasture, and fodder for livestock, thus reducing agricultural production. This Strategy provides a proactive approach in controlling environmental conditions such as wind, temperature, precipitation, and geographical features that increase the growth and diffusion of pests and weeds, to reduce their devastating effect on agriculture. Therefore, the Strategy aims at managing migratory and invasive pests and weeds, through an integrated multi-stakeholder approach and environmentally sustainable interventions, in order to enhance and improve food and nutrition security. The Strategy is structured as follows: state of migratory and invasive pests and weeds management; development of plant protection and food security programmes; problem analysis; strategic issues identified; strategic framework 2022-2027: vision, mission, goal and expected outcome; implementation pillars; governance and management; monitoring and evaluation of the Strategy implementation.
The Strategy develops two main outcomes, in order to achieve its goal: 1) strengthening the Plant Protection and Food Security Directorate's capacity to manage and control invasive pests and weeds at the National and County levels in Kenya; 2) enhancing coordination among institutions and regional bodies engaged in migratory and invasive pest and weed management, through research, control and livelihood restoration. The implementation of the Strategy is defined through seven pillars, in order to improve human and physical capacities, phytosanitary procedures, surveillance and early warning mechanisms, synergy with national and regional institutions in research, control and information sharing, and to enhance food and nutrition security: 1) resources mobilisation and management; 2) Information and Communication Technology to support pest surveillance, monitoring and forecasting; 3) knowledge management on migratory and invasive pest and weeds; 4) environmentally and technically sound pest management system, in order to increase farm productivity and protect farmers against losses associated with the pests and weeds; 5) sustainable collaborative partnership in pest control, research and extension; 6) a responsive Policy and regulatory framework; 7) restoration and resilience mechanisms for affected communities.