Youth Decision Making in Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change; An Analysis in East Africa
In conjunction with the contemporary narrative of Africa’s “youth bulge” and young people’s perceived disinterest in pursuing agricultural livelihoods, this paper explores the extent to which youth (18-35 years old) have decision making power in the implementation of agricultural adaptation pract...
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| author | Amsler, Kelly Hein, Chloe Klasek, Genêt |
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| description | In conjunction with the contemporary narrative of Africa’s “youth bulge” and young people’s
perceived disinterest in pursuing agricultural livelihoods, this paper explores the extent to
which youth (18-35 years old) have decision making power in the implementation of
agricultural adaptation practices due to climate change in East Africa via the utilization of a
comparative political ecology framework. Focus groups discussions, key informant, and
individual interviews were conducted with a total of 155 rural youth and 42 policymakers and
stakeholder representatives in selected sites in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda to assess youth’s
knowledge of adaptation measures and their role in the decision to implement them at the
household, community, and national levels. Our findings suggest that young people have an
understanding of climate change and how to adapt to it. However, they are unable to do so
due to lack of agricultural inputs and financial capital, insufficient land ownership, indirect
participation in decision making and limited access to markets. |
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| spelling | CGSpace880822024-07-01T13:36:10Z Youth Decision Making in Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change; An Analysis in East Africa Amsler, Kelly Hein, Chloe Klasek, Genêt climate change food security agriculture adaptation climate-smart agriculture In conjunction with the contemporary narrative of Africa’s “youth bulge” and young people’s perceived disinterest in pursuing agricultural livelihoods, this paper explores the extent to which youth (18-35 years old) have decision making power in the implementation of agricultural adaptation practices due to climate change in East Africa via the utilization of a comparative political ecology framework. Focus groups discussions, key informant, and individual interviews were conducted with a total of 155 rural youth and 42 policymakers and stakeholder representatives in selected sites in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda to assess youth’s knowledge of adaptation measures and their role in the decision to implement them at the household, community, and national levels. Our findings suggest that young people have an understanding of climate change and how to adapt to it. However, they are unable to do so due to lack of agricultural inputs and financial capital, insufficient land ownership, indirect participation in decision making and limited access to markets. 2017-09-26 2017-09-28T13:24:42Z 2017-09-28T13:24:42Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/88082 en Open Access application/pdf Amsler K, Hein C, Klasek G. 2017. Youth Decision Making in Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change. CCAFS Working Paper no. 206. Wageningen, the Netherlands CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). |
| spellingShingle | climate change food security agriculture adaptation climate-smart agriculture Amsler, Kelly Hein, Chloe Klasek, Genêt Youth Decision Making in Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change; An Analysis in East Africa |
| title | Youth Decision Making in Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change; An Analysis in East Africa |
| title_full | Youth Decision Making in Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change; An Analysis in East Africa |
| title_fullStr | Youth Decision Making in Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change; An Analysis in East Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Youth Decision Making in Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change; An Analysis in East Africa |
| title_short | Youth Decision Making in Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change; An Analysis in East Africa |
| title_sort | youth decision making in agricultural adaptation to climate change an analysis in east africa |
| topic | climate change food security agriculture adaptation climate-smart agriculture |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/88082 |
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