Climate smart agriculture adaptation strategies for rain-fed agriculture in drought-prone areas of Central Kenya

Njeru, P. N. M.; Maina, I.; Lekasi, J.K.; Kimani, S.K.; Esilaba, Anthony O.; Mugwe, J. N.; Mucheru-Muna, M.

doi:10.1504/ijarge.2016.076928

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“…Regulation and policy featured in approximately 73.7% (n = 56) of the publications. The articles referred to the resource tenure [12,49], the policy [61,84], and governance [85,86]. They mapped the differences of priority setting between developed and developing countries and discuss how climate is mainstreamed in agriculture policies, negotiations, and strategies developed to achieve more sustainable outcomes [87].…”

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“…Soft institutions are reflected in about 55.3% (n = 42) of the publications, focusing on gender [94][95][96][97] and other socio-cultural dimensions [86,89]. For instance, Njeru, et al [86] assessed the effect of various traditional water harvesting practices and integrated soil fertility management technologies for enhanced sorghum productivity in lower and drier parts of Central Kenya. Much of these publications also analyzed locally developed strategies to cope with changing climate conditions [59,98].…”

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Institutional Perspectives of Climate-Smart Agriculture: A Systematic Literature Review

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Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is increasingly seen as a promising approach to feed the growing world population under climate change. The review explored how institutional perspectives are reflected in the CSA literature. In total, 137 publications were analyzed using institutional analysis framework, of which 55.5% make specific reference to institutional dimensions. While the CSA concept encompasses three pillars (productivity, adaptation, and mitigation), the literature has hardly addressed them in an integrated way. The development status of study sites also seems to influence which pillars are promoted. Mitigation was predominantly addressed in high-income countries, while productivity and adaptation were priorities for middle and low-income countries. Interest in institutional aspects has been gradual in the CSA literature. It has largely focused on knowledge infrastructure, market structure, and hard institutional aspects. There has been less attention to understand whether investments in physical infrastructure and actors' interaction, or how historical, political, and social context may influence the uptake of CSA options. Rethinking the approach to promoting CSA technologies by integrating technology packages and institutional enabling factors can provide potential opportunities for effective scaling of CSA options.

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“…The climate-smart site-specific utilization of the three legumes offers promising options to design more resilient and productive farming systems in semi-arid Eastern Kenya. Njeru et al (2016) stated that the drier parts of Central Kenya are characterised by poor crop harvest due to unpredictable, unreliable and poor rainfall distribution patterns. The field experiment was laid out in Partially Balanced Incomplete Block Design (PBIBD) with 36 treatments replicated three times.…”

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Implications of climate change and variability on food security in Kenya

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This study assessed the impact of climate change and climate variability on food security in Kenya based on a sample size of 270 farmers randomly selected from semi-arid agro-ecological zones in Kenya. Both primary and secondary data were used in the present study. Data analysis was conducted using descriptive statistics and regression models. The results revealed that increase in temperature and reduction in rainfall had significant effect (p<0.01) on food security in Kenya. Increase in the amount of rainfall by 1 mm in the semi-arid areas enhanced food security by 0.01 kg while increase in maximum temperatures by 1°C reduced food security among households by 0.03 kg. Further, food security of Kenya is affected by increase in temperature and decline in rainfall. One unit increase in temperature would cause USD 3.9 million worth of value to become at risk as compared to USD 118,942 worth when rainfall decreased by 1 mm. Overall, the value at risk in the Kenyan economy is USD 112,351,112.46.

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Climate smart agriculture adaptation strategies for rain-fed agriculture in drought-prone areas of Central Kenya

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Institutional Perspectives of Climate-Smart Agriculture: A Systematic Literature Review

Institutional Perspectives of Climate-Smart Agriculture: A Systematic Literature Review

Implications of climate change and variability on food security in Kenya

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