Enhancing climate-resilient livelihoods of women, youth and vulnerable populations in the Lake Victoria Zone Region of Kenya: A case of Homabay and Migori counties

Climate change and variability plays a central role in the livelihoods of fishing communities along the Lake Victoria Zone Region of Kenya. Women and vulnerable populations are the worst hit; therefore, this study aims to identify the effects of changes in rainfall and temperature on the livelihoods...

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Autores principales: Adam, Rahma, Amwata, Dorothy, Ndiema, Nicholas, Osa, Philip
Formato: Póster
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: WorldFish 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137129
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author Adam, Rahma
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description Climate change and variability plays a central role in the livelihoods of fishing communities along the Lake Victoria Zone Region of Kenya. Women and vulnerable populations are the worst hit; therefore, this study aims to identify the effects of changes in rainfall and temperature on the livelihoods of women, youth and other vulnerable populations in the Lake Victoria Region in Kenya that depend on the fish value chain, and to assess the coping and adaptation strategies to deal with climate and other environmental changes, taking Homabay and Migori counties as a case in point. A cross-sectional study design, incorporating mixed qualitative and quantitative methods, was adopted in this study. This study analyzed data from the 480 sample households, 42 key informant interviews (KIIs) and six focus group discussions (FGDs). The participants were drawn from the different fish valuechain players, namely boat makers and repairers, boat crew, fishermen, beach management unit, small- and large-scale fish traders, transporters, county fisheries departments, county meteorological departments, the Kenya Revenue Authority and cage farmers. Content analysis was used to analyze data from KIIs and FGDs. A spatial analysis integrating socioeconomic and spatial data was used to establish factors influencing the vulnerability of women, youth and people living with disabilities to impacts of climate change in the counties. Results show that there are distinct sexdisaggregated roles among the fisher communities, with females playing specifically boat managers, small traders and fish assemblers, while males were fishermen, boat makers and repairers.
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spelling CGSpace1371292024-01-05T00:25:35Z Enhancing climate-resilient livelihoods of women, youth and vulnerable populations in the Lake Victoria Zone Region of Kenya: A case of Homabay and Migori counties Adam, Rahma Amwata, Dorothy Ndiema, Nicholas Osa, Philip gender agriculture research climate resilience women youth Climate change and variability plays a central role in the livelihoods of fishing communities along the Lake Victoria Zone Region of Kenya. Women and vulnerable populations are the worst hit; therefore, this study aims to identify the effects of changes in rainfall and temperature on the livelihoods of women, youth and other vulnerable populations in the Lake Victoria Region in Kenya that depend on the fish value chain, and to assess the coping and adaptation strategies to deal with climate and other environmental changes, taking Homabay and Migori counties as a case in point. A cross-sectional study design, incorporating mixed qualitative and quantitative methods, was adopted in this study. This study analyzed data from the 480 sample households, 42 key informant interviews (KIIs) and six focus group discussions (FGDs). The participants were drawn from the different fish valuechain players, namely boat makers and repairers, boat crew, fishermen, beach management unit, small- and large-scale fish traders, transporters, county fisheries departments, county meteorological departments, the Kenya Revenue Authority and cage farmers. Content analysis was used to analyze data from KIIs and FGDs. A spatial analysis integrating socioeconomic and spatial data was used to establish factors influencing the vulnerability of women, youth and people living with disabilities to impacts of climate change in the counties. Results show that there are distinct sexdisaggregated roles among the fisher communities, with females playing specifically boat managers, small traders and fish assemblers, while males were fishermen, boat makers and repairers. 2023-10-10 2024-01-04T12:47:38Z 2024-01-04T12:47:38Z Poster https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137129 en Limited Access WorldFish Adam, Rahma; Amwata, Dorothy; Ndiema, Nicholas; Osa, Philip. 2023. Enhancing climate-resilient livelihoods of women, youth and vulnerable populations in the Lake Victoria Zone Region of Kenya: A case of Homabay and Migori counties. Poster. Presented at the CGIAR GENDER Conference 'From Research to Impact: Towards just and resilient agri-food systems', New Delhi, India, 9-12 October 2023. WorldFish
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Enhancing climate-resilient livelihoods of women, youth and vulnerable populations in the Lake Victoria Zone Region of Kenya: A case of Homabay and Migori counties
title Enhancing climate-resilient livelihoods of women, youth and vulnerable populations in the Lake Victoria Zone Region of Kenya: A case of Homabay and Migori counties
title_full Enhancing climate-resilient livelihoods of women, youth and vulnerable populations in the Lake Victoria Zone Region of Kenya: A case of Homabay and Migori counties
title_fullStr Enhancing climate-resilient livelihoods of women, youth and vulnerable populations in the Lake Victoria Zone Region of Kenya: A case of Homabay and Migori counties
title_full_unstemmed Enhancing climate-resilient livelihoods of women, youth and vulnerable populations in the Lake Victoria Zone Region of Kenya: A case of Homabay and Migori counties
title_short Enhancing climate-resilient livelihoods of women, youth and vulnerable populations in the Lake Victoria Zone Region of Kenya: A case of Homabay and Migori counties
title_sort enhancing climate resilient livelihoods of women youth and vulnerable populations in the lake victoria zone region of kenya a case of homabay and migori counties
topic gender
agriculture
research
climate resilience
women
youth
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137129
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