TY - CHAP
T1 - Scoping climate change adaptation strategies for smallholder farmers in East Africa - a multi-dimensional, multi-scenario impact assessment
AU - Claessens, L.F.G.
AU - Antle, J.M.
AU - Stoorvogel, J.J.
AU - Valdivia, R.O.
AU - Thornton, P.K.
AU - Herrero, M.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This chapter assesses the characteristics of current and future agricultural systems, land use, agricultural output, output price, cost of production, and farm and household size in response to climate change. This analysis also compared both current and projected future climate (2030), with and without adaptation, and for different socioeconomic scenarios (Representative Agricultural Pathways, RAPs) in two study areas in Kenya. A new approach to impact assessment, the Tradeoff Analysis Model for Multi-Dimensional Impact Assessment (TOA-MD) was adopted for this analysis, which simulated technology adoption and associated economic, environmental and social outcomes in a heterogeneous farm population for a regional impact assessment. These case studies yield new insights into the way that adaptation strategies could improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers operating in the mixed crop-livestock systems in East Africa.
AB - This chapter assesses the characteristics of current and future agricultural systems, land use, agricultural output, output price, cost of production, and farm and household size in response to climate change. This analysis also compared both current and projected future climate (2030), with and without adaptation, and for different socioeconomic scenarios (Representative Agricultural Pathways, RAPs) in two study areas in Kenya. A new approach to impact assessment, the Tradeoff Analysis Model for Multi-Dimensional Impact Assessment (TOA-MD) was adopted for this analysis, which simulated technology adoption and associated economic, environmental and social outcomes in a heterogeneous farm population for a regional impact assessment. These case studies yield new insights into the way that adaptation strategies could improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers operating in the mixed crop-livestock systems in East Africa.
UR - http://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/ebook/20153402678
U2 - 10.1079/9781780644639.0000
DO - 10.1079/9781780644639.0000
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781780644639
T3 - CABI Climate Change Series
SP - 138
EP - 145
BT - Climate change challenges and adaptations at farm-level: case studies from Asia and Africa
A2 - Singh, N.P.
A2 - Bantilan, C.
A2 - Byjesh, K.
A2 - Nedumaran, S.
PB - CABI
ER -
