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DOI	10.1007/s42452-019-0849-x
	Drivers and responses to climate variability by agro-pastoralists in Kenya: the case of Laikipia County
	Atsiaya, Godfrey O.; Ayuya, Oscar, I; Nakhone, Lenah W.; Lagat, Job Kibiwot
通讯作者	Atsiaya, GO
来源期刊	SN APPLIED SCIENCES
ISSN	2523-3963
EISSN	2523-3971
出版年	2019
卷号	1 期号:8
英文摘要	This paper examines factors influencing the choice of response strategies and the actual strategies smallholder farmers use to respond to the effects of climate variability in transitional climatic zones of Africa, specifically Laikipia West Sub-County in Kenya. Data for this study were collected from 392 randomly selected smallholder farmers, using a structured questionnaire. The study used principal component analysis to group together related strategies that farmers used to respond to the effects of climate variability, which resulted into seven groups of responses. Majority of farmers at 97.5%, 85% and 74.1%, respectively, used cultural practices, diversification practices and risk reduction practices. Intensification practices followed by 69.3% while terraces crop and herd management and new breeds were the least adopted at 27%, 13.2% and 9%, respectively. Multivariate probit model was then used to examine the factors influencing smallholder farmers' choice of response strategies to effects of climate change. The results indicated that access to weather information had a strong effect on use of risk management strategies at 74% and intensification strategies at 49%. Increase in level of education and exclusive dependence on agriculture increased the probability of introducing new breeds by 30% and 53%, respectively, while access to extension services increased use of terraces by 42%. Strong local institutions that facilitate access to information and credit are likely to initiate changes in key household characteristics, which positively affect response to effects of climate variability. Policies should aim to strengthen local institutions that enhance access to information and credit services. There is need for investment in the provision of affordable and quality education, relevant demand-driven extension services that provide localized response solutions.
英文关键词	Multivariate probit Principal component analysis Climate variability Arid and semiarid lands Agro-pastoralism Response
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Bronze
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000474485700003
WOS关键词	RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT ; SMALLHOLDER FARMERS ; ADAPTATION STRATEGIES ; CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ; ADOPTION ; CHOICE ; DETERMINANTS ; AGRICULTURE ; LEVEL ; ZONES
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/333668
作者单位	[Atsiaya, Godfrey O.; Ayuya, Oscar, I; Lagat, Job Kibiwot] Egerton Univ, Dept Agr Econ & Agribusiness Management, POB 536-20115, Nakuru, Kenya; [Nakhone, Lenah W.] Egerton Univ, Dept Crops Hort & Soils, POB 536-20115, Nakuru, Kenya
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Atsiaya, Godfrey O.,Ayuya, Oscar, I,Nakhone, Lenah W.,et al. Drivers and responses to climate variability by agro-pastoralists in Kenya: the case of Laikipia County[J],2019,1(8).
APA	Atsiaya, Godfrey O.,Ayuya, Oscar, I,Nakhone, Lenah W.,&Lagat, Job Kibiwot.(2019).Drivers and responses to climate variability by agro-pastoralists in Kenya: the case of Laikipia County.SN APPLIED SCIENCES,1(8).
MLA	Atsiaya, Godfrey O.,et al."Drivers and responses to climate variability by agro-pastoralists in Kenya: the case of Laikipia County".SN APPLIED SCIENCES 1.8(2019).