Targeting climate-smart agriculture through farmer typologies in Kenya’s Central highlands
The farmer segmentation analysis in Kenya’s Central Highlands Ecoregion Foodscape identified four distinct farmer typologies, highlighting substantial heterogeneity in resource access, climate exposure, soil health constraints, and production outcomes. Using household- and field-level data and multi...
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| author | Kinyua, Michael Muriithi, Cyrus Notenbaert, An Waswa, Boaz Desta, Gizaw Nyawade, Shadrack Ofosu-ampong, Kingsley Assefa, Banchayehu Kihara, Job |
| author_browse | Assefa, Banchayehu Desta, Gizaw Kihara, Job Kinyua, Michael Muriithi, Cyrus Notenbaert, An Nyawade, Shadrack Ofosu-ampong, Kingsley Waswa, Boaz |
| author_facet | Kinyua, Michael Muriithi, Cyrus Notenbaert, An Waswa, Boaz Desta, Gizaw Nyawade, Shadrack Ofosu-ampong, Kingsley Assefa, Banchayehu Kihara, Job |
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| description | The farmer segmentation analysis in Kenya’s Central Highlands Ecoregion Foodscape identified four distinct farmer typologies, highlighting substantial heterogeneity in resource access, climate exposure, soil health constraints, and production outcomes. Using household- and field-level data and multivariate clustering methods, the study demonstrates that farmers differ markedly in their capacity to adopt soil health, water-smart, and energy-smart practices. Results show that while resource-constrained, rain-fed farmers face high erosion and food insecurity, they are more inclined toward low-cost soil health practices, whereas irrigating and commercially oriented farmers achieve higher productivity but face emerging sustainability and nutrition challenges. Overall, the findings underscore the need for targeted, system-based climate-smart and regenerative interventions that align agronomic solutions with farmer context to improve productivity, resilience, and ecosystem outcomes. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1806352026-01-26T17:14:24Z Targeting climate-smart agriculture through farmer typologies in Kenya’s Central highlands Kinyua, Michael Muriithi, Cyrus Notenbaert, An Waswa, Boaz Desta, Gizaw Nyawade, Shadrack Ofosu-ampong, Kingsley Assefa, Banchayehu Kihara, Job evaluation climate-smart agriculture smallholders erosion control climate migration The farmer segmentation analysis in Kenya’s Central Highlands Ecoregion Foodscape identified four distinct farmer typologies, highlighting substantial heterogeneity in resource access, climate exposure, soil health constraints, and production outcomes. Using household- and field-level data and multivariate clustering methods, the study demonstrates that farmers differ markedly in their capacity to adopt soil health, water-smart, and energy-smart practices. Results show that while resource-constrained, rain-fed farmers face high erosion and food insecurity, they are more inclined toward low-cost soil health practices, whereas irrigating and commercially oriented farmers achieve higher productivity but face emerging sustainability and nutrition challenges. Overall, the findings underscore the need for targeted, system-based climate-smart and regenerative interventions that align agronomic solutions with farmer context to improve productivity, resilience, and ecosystem outcomes. 2026-01-15 2026-01-26T11:06:30Z 2026-01-26T11:06:30Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/180635 en Open Access application/pdf Kinyua, M.; Muriithi, C.; Notenbaert, A.; Waswa, B.; Desta, G.; Nyawade, S.; Ofosu-ampong, K.; Assefa, B.; Kihara, J. (2026) Targeting climate-smart agriculture through farmer typologies in Kenya’s Central highlands. 2 p. |
| spellingShingle | evaluation climate-smart agriculture smallholders erosion control climate migration Kinyua, Michael Muriithi, Cyrus Notenbaert, An Waswa, Boaz Desta, Gizaw Nyawade, Shadrack Ofosu-ampong, Kingsley Assefa, Banchayehu Kihara, Job Targeting climate-smart agriculture through farmer typologies in Kenya’s Central highlands |
| title | Targeting climate-smart agriculture through farmer typologies in Kenya’s Central highlands |
| title_full | Targeting climate-smart agriculture through farmer typologies in Kenya’s Central highlands |
| title_fullStr | Targeting climate-smart agriculture through farmer typologies in Kenya’s Central highlands |
| title_full_unstemmed | Targeting climate-smart agriculture through farmer typologies in Kenya’s Central highlands |
| title_short | Targeting climate-smart agriculture through farmer typologies in Kenya’s Central highlands |
| title_sort | targeting climate smart agriculture through farmer typologies in kenya s central highlands |
| topic | evaluation climate-smart agriculture smallholders erosion control climate migration |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/180635 |
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