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Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2020

Smallholders' awareness of adaptation and coping measures to deal with rainfall variability in Western Kenya

Nyberg, Ylva; Jonsson, Mattias; Ambjornsson, Emmeline Laszlo; Wetterlind, Johanna; Oborn, Ingrid

Abstract

Farmers in Kisumu and Trans Nzoia counties, Kenya, were aware of more adaptation than coping measures for dealing with rainfall variability both on and off-farm. Interviews with female and male farmer groups revealed that they all experienced challenges related to increasing rainfall variability whether or not they had regular access to advisory services. Men identified more measures than women and had better access to learning sources. Farmers in Kisumu were aware of more measures than those in Trans Nzoia but thought them less effective. Money, knowledge and labor were the most limiting factors preventing the uptake of adaptation measures.

Keywords

Advisory services; gender; land-use change; Vi Agroforestry

Published in

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
2020, volume: 44, number: 10, pages: 1280-1308
Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC

Authors' information

Nyberg, Ylva
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Crop Production Ecology
Jonsson, Mattias
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology
Laszlo Ambjörnsson, Emmeline
Stockholm University
Wetterlind, Johanna
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Soil and Environment
Öborn, Ingrid
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Crop Production Ecology
Öborn, Ingrid
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG13 Climate action
SDG2 Zero hunger

UKÄ Subject classification

Agricultural Science

Publication Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2020.1782305

URI (permanent link to this page)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/106979