In the run up to the Rio G- 20 United Nations conference on sustainable development, panelists met in Nairobi, to map out the agenda of what shall be discussed at the summit. The East African region is one with diverse climate, topography and environmental challenges and a high population dependent on, small holder farmers rain fed agriculture that is vulnerable to the weather. At the Rio+20 conference, world leaders, along with thousands of participants from governments, the private sector, NGOs and other groups, will come together to agree on poverty reduction methods