Adapting or Coping ? An Analysis of Pastoralists’ Responses to Extreme Climatic Events in North-western Kenya
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2012-09Author
Huelsebusch, Christian
Nyangito, Moses
Opiyo, Francis
Wasonga, Oliver
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Pastoral systems in Africa have always operated under high climate–
related risk. However, recent repeated extreme weather events in short
succession have exposed their vulnerability. Any supportive action
requires understanding different response strategies and associated
trade-offs
• The climate change discourse is replete with the concepts „coping‟ and
„adaptation‟. However, a clear distinction of the two terms is still elusive,
and the implication of coping and adaptation for the future of pastoralism
has received little attention
• This study analyzes climate change response strategies of Turkana
pastoralists in north-western Kenya and their implications for future
adaptive capacity of pastoralism
Citation
Cross-continental network for sustainable adaptation of grassland systems vulnerable to climate change” (GrassNet)Sponsorhip
DAADPublisher
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi