气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Understanding adaptive capacity of smallholder African indigenous vegetable farmers to climate change in Kenya

CCPortal

DOI	10.1016/j.crm.2019.100204
	Understanding adaptive capacity of smallholder African indigenous vegetable farmers to climate change in Kenya
	Chepkoech W.; Mungai N.W.; Stöber S.; Lotze-Campen H.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	2212-0963
起始页码	2149
结束页码	2161
卷号	27
英文摘要	Understanding the adaptive capacity (AC) of farmers is crucial to planning effective adaptation. Action to promote farmers’ AC is required because climate change (CC) is resulting in unpredictable alterations in weather patterns. Based on the sustainable livelihoods framework (SLF), this study explored how access to natural, physical, financial, social and human capitals enhances the AC. Quantitative data from 269 African indigenous vegetable (AIV) farmers in three selected agro-climatic zones in Kenya were analysed. Four indicators in each capital were selected based on previous studies and judgments collected from an expert online ranking survey (n = 35). The Kruskal-Wallis H test and an independent sample t-test were used to test the independence of AC scores and access to the different resources. The findings showed that the majority of farmers (53%) had a moderate AC, while fewer (32%) and (15%) had low or high AC levels respectively. Disparities in adaptive capacity scores were recorded between respondents in terms of their age, marital status and location. Farmers had high access to social capital but low access to financial, natural and human capitals. Female farmers showed lower capacities in the areas of financial, human and natural resources, while their male counterparts had low access to some human and social capitals. Resilient interventions that target individuals with low adaptive capacities are required. © 2020 The Authors
英文关键词	Adaptive capacity; Climate change; Farmers; Kenya
来源期刊	Climate Risk Management
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/183194
作者单位	Centre for Rural Development (SLE), Humboldt – Universität zu Berlin, Hessische Str. 1-2, Berlin, 10115, Germany; Department of Crops, Horticulture and Soils, Egerton University, P.O. Box 536-20115, Egerton, Kenya; Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), P.O. Box 601203, Potsdam, 14412, Germany; Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Sustainable Land Use and Climate Change, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Chepkoech W.,Mungai N.W.,Stöber S.,et al. Understanding adaptive capacity of smallholder African indigenous vegetable farmers to climate change in Kenya[J],2020,27.
APA	Chepkoech W.,Mungai N.W.,Stöber S.,&Lotze-Campen H..(2020).Understanding adaptive capacity of smallholder African indigenous vegetable farmers to climate change in Kenya.Climate Risk Management,27.
MLA	Chepkoech W.,et al."Understanding adaptive capacity of smallholder African indigenous vegetable farmers to climate change in Kenya".Climate Risk Management 27(2020).