A meeting of national institutions involved in the development of the Kenyan National Strategy for Prosopis juliflora was held on 24th- 29th November 2019. The participating institutions were the Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), Kenya Forest Service (KFS), Ministry of Agriculture (MOE), National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), the Council of Governors, Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and CABI Kenya.

The objectives of the strategy will be to 1) enhance awareness of Prosopis juliflora invasion and impacts, 2) detect and prevent new Prosopis juliflora invasions, 3) manage naturally established Prosopis juliflora invasions and restore degraded landscapes, and 4) enhance research and development on Prosopis juliflora in Kenya.

Last year, the Woody Weeds project has presented a summary of its key results to the director of KEFRI, who has received the insights about the impacts of Prosopis on livelihoods and environment with great interest. More recently, several partners of the Woody Weeds project have been awarded a Transformation Accelerating Grant by the r4d Programme, which allows the project to participate in the development of the Kenyan National Prosopis Strategy.

A next meeting to continue working on the draft strategy is planned for the end of January 2020.