IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/fpr/prnote/ifpripn3.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

Coping with climate variability and adapting to climate change in Kenya: Household and community strategies and determinants

Author

Listed:
  • Bryan, Elizabeth
  • Ringler, Claudia
  • Okoba, Barrack
  • Roncoli, Carla
  • Silvestri, Silvia
  • Herrero, Mario

Abstract

Kenyan farmers’ livelihoods are closely linked to climate conditions. Almost three-quarters of the labor force depend on agriculture for their livelihoods, and almost all farmers depend on timely and adequate rainfall for crop production and husbandry, as only 2 percent of cultivated area is equipped for irrigation. Thus, climate variability and change will have an increasing impact on agricultural livelihoods and food security in the country, making adaptation essential for rural areas in Kenya. This note is based on a report on the coping and adaptation strategies of farmers in seven districts in Kenya covering the arid, semi-arid, temperate, and humid agroecological zones (AEZs) of the country. The report draws on data collected through household and community surveys and participatory rural appraisals (PRAs) to identify ways to encourage agricultural adaptation to climate change.

Suggested Citation

  • Bryan, Elizabeth & Ringler, Claudia & Okoba, Barrack & Roncoli, Carla & Silvestri, Silvia & Herrero, Mario, 2011. "Coping with climate variability and adapting to climate change in Kenya: Household and community strategies and determinants," Project notes 3, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    • Handle: RePEc:fpr:prnote:ifpripn3
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.ifpri.org/cdmref/p15738coll2/id/126800/filename/127011.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Ng’ang’a, Stanley Karanja & Bulte, Erwin H. & Giller, Ken E. & Ndiwa, Nicholas N. & Kifugo, Shem C. & McIntire, John M. & Herrero, Mario & Rufino, Mariana C., 2016. "Livestock wealth and social capital as insurance against climate risk: A case study of Samburu County in Kenya," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 146(C), pages 44-54.
    2. Gregory Chingala & Cletos Mapiye & Emiliano Raffrenato & Louw Hoffman & Kennedy Dzama, 2017. "Determinants of smallholder farmers’ perceptions of impact of climate change on beef production in Malawi," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 142(1), pages 129-141, May.
    3. Frank, Phillipo & Magreth, Bushesha & Zebedayo, S. K. Mvena, 2015. "Adaptation strategies to climate variability and change and its limitations to smallholder farmers. A literature search," Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, Asian Economic and Social Society (AESS), vol. 5(03), pages 1-11, March.
    4. Ng’ang’a, Stanley Karanja & Bulte, Erwin & Giller, Ken E. & McIntire, John M. & Rufino, Mariana C., 2016. "Migration and self-protection against climate change: a case study of Samburu district, Kenya," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246271, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
    5. Stephen P. D’Alessandro & Jorge Caballero & John Lichte & Simon Simpkin, 2015. "Kenya," World Bank Publications - Reports 23350, The World Bank Group.
    6. Moranga, Lawrence Ongwae & Otieno, David Jakinda & Oluoch-Kosura, Willis, 2016. "Analysis Of Factors Influencing Tomato Farmers’ Willingness To Adopt Innovative Timing Approaches For Management Of Climate Change Effects In Taita Taveta County, Kenya," Dissertations and Theses 269270, University of Nairobi, Department of Agricultural Economics.
    7. Frank Phillipo & Magreth Bushesha & Zebedayo S. K. Mvena, 2015. "Adaptation strategies to climate variability and change and its limitations to smallholder farmers. A literature search," Asian Journal of Agriculture and rural Development, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 5(3), pages 77-87, March.
    8. MW, Ngigi & E., Bryan & R., Claudia & R., Birner & D., Mureithi, 2012. "Climate Change Adaptation in Kenyan Agriculture: Could Social Capital help?," 2012 Eighth AFMA Congress, November 25-29, 2012, Nairobi, Kenya 159216, African Farm Management Association (AFMA).
    9. Misati, Roseline Nyakerario & Munene, Olive, 2015. "Second Round Effects And Pass-Through Of Food Prices To Inflation In Kenya," International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics (IJFAEC), Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Department of Economics and Finance, vol. 3(3), pages 1-13, July.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:fpr:prnote:ifpripn3. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: the person in charge (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/ifprius.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.