Adoption of water harvesting technologies among agro-pastoralists in semi-arid rangelands of South Eastern Kenya
The arid and semi-arid lands experience inherently unpredictable rainfall and frequent droughts, which are exacerbated by climate change. This consequently leads to deterioration of land resources, and eventually forage and water shortages that negatively impact livestock productivity. In Kenya, dev...
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| author | Lutta, Alphayo I. Wasonga, Oliver Vivian Nyangito, Moses M. Sudan, Falendra Kumar Robinson, Lance W. |
| author_browse | Lutta, Alphayo I. Nyangito, Moses M. Robinson, Lance W. Sudan, Falendra Kumar Wasonga, Oliver Vivian |
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| description | The arid and semi-arid lands experience inherently unpredictable rainfall and frequent droughts, which are exacerbated by climate change. This consequently leads to deterioration of land resources, and eventually forage and water shortages that negatively impact livestock productivity. In Kenya, development and government agencies have been supporting on-farm adaptation strategies such as water harvesting conservation structures to cope with climate hazards that affect agricultural production and food security in agro-pastoral and pastoral systems. The various water harvesting structures that have been promoted include Zai pits for growing crops and trees, water pans and shallow wells for livestock and domestic use, as well as for irrigation. However, the impact of such interventions with regard to improvement of range productivity and therefore welfare of agro-pastoral and pastoral communities has not been felt owing to low adoption rate by households. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1294272024-08-27T06:52:57Z Adoption of water harvesting technologies among agro-pastoralists in semi-arid rangelands of South Eastern Kenya Lutta, Alphayo I. Wasonga, Oliver Vivian Nyangito, Moses M. Sudan, Falendra Kumar Robinson, Lance W. water rangelands harvesting water harvesting adoption pastoralists kenya The arid and semi-arid lands experience inherently unpredictable rainfall and frequent droughts, which are exacerbated by climate change. This consequently leads to deterioration of land resources, and eventually forage and water shortages that negatively impact livestock productivity. In Kenya, development and government agencies have been supporting on-farm adaptation strategies such as water harvesting conservation structures to cope with climate hazards that affect agricultural production and food security in agro-pastoral and pastoral systems. The various water harvesting structures that have been promoted include Zai pits for growing crops and trees, water pans and shallow wells for livestock and domestic use, as well as for irrigation. However, the impact of such interventions with regard to improvement of range productivity and therefore welfare of agro-pastoral and pastoral communities has not been felt owing to low adoption rate by households. 2020-12 2023-03-10T14:35:02Z 2023-03-10T14:35:02Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129427 en Open Access Springer Lutta, Alphayo I.; Wasonga, Oliver Vivian; Nyangito, Moses M.; Sudan, Falendra Kumar; Robinson, Lance W. 2020. Adoption of water harvesting technologies among agro-pastoralists in semi-arid rangelands of South Eastern Kenya. Environmental Systems Research 9: |
| spellingShingle | water rangelands harvesting water harvesting adoption pastoralists kenya Lutta, Alphayo I. Wasonga, Oliver Vivian Nyangito, Moses M. Sudan, Falendra Kumar Robinson, Lance W. Adoption of water harvesting technologies among agro-pastoralists in semi-arid rangelands of South Eastern Kenya |
| title | Adoption of water harvesting technologies among agro-pastoralists in semi-arid rangelands of South Eastern Kenya |
| title_full | Adoption of water harvesting technologies among agro-pastoralists in semi-arid rangelands of South Eastern Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Adoption of water harvesting technologies among agro-pastoralists in semi-arid rangelands of South Eastern Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adoption of water harvesting technologies among agro-pastoralists in semi-arid rangelands of South Eastern Kenya |
| title_short | Adoption of water harvesting technologies among agro-pastoralists in semi-arid rangelands of South Eastern Kenya |
| title_sort | adoption of water harvesting technologies among agro pastoralists in semi arid rangelands of south eastern kenya |
| topic | water rangelands harvesting water harvesting adoption pastoralists kenya |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129427 |
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