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, IngridAbstract
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 AgroforestryPublished in
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems2020, volume: 44, number: 10, pages: 1280-1308
Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
Authors' information
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Crop Production Ecology
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology
Laszlo Ambjörnsson, Emmeline
Stockholm University
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Soil and Environment
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Crop Production Ecology
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