dc.contributor.author | Rutto, Victor K | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-27T07:54:40Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-01-27T07:54:40Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/107827 | |
dc.description.abstract | Climate change is a global challenge that is hampering Africa's socio-economic
improvement. The change has had a negative impact on agricultural production and subjected
smallholder farmers in Africa to food insecurity, economic constraints and shocks. These
farmers lack agricultural and weather guidelines. They often use indigenous techniques to
cope with shocks. One of the coping strategies in this regard is diversification. In Nyando
farmers face economic and climatic shocks. CCAFS, Vi Agro forestry and other
organizations have been helping these smallholder farmers to diversify by adopting CSA
practices of drought tolerant crops and animals. This paper used cross sectional data collected
from Nyando through a structured questionnaire to establish the shocks that Nyando residents
face, and their effects on diversification of CSA practices. Results from TPR and NBR show
negative effect of death shocks on diversification while drought, pests and diseases positively
influence diversification. This highlights the need to promote the uptake of CSA policies of
water harvesting, and crop rotation seriously. Additionally, farmers should also consider
weather index insurance to buffer against climatic shocks. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.subject | Mechanisms In Climate | en_US |
dc.title | Analysis Of Shocks And Coping Mechanisms In Climate Smart Villages Of Nyando, Kenya | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |