Open AccessAssessing the Contribution of Climate-smart Agriculture Practices on the Resilience of Maize Farmers in Bungoma County, Kenya
Author(s) -
Philip Siminyu,
Willis OluochKosura,
Hugo De Groote,
J. S. Mbau
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
african journal of agricultural and resource economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.166
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2521-9871
pISSN - 1993-3738
DOI - 10.53936/afjare.2021.16(2).09
Subject(s) - livelihood , food security , resilience (materials science) , psychological resilience , agriculture , climate change , business , natural resource economics , welfare , agricultural economics , environmental resource management , agricultural science , economics , environmental science , ecology , biology , market economy , psychology , physics , psychotherapist , thermodynamics
Climate variability threatens farmers’ livelihoods. Efforts to address climate stress recognise climate-smart agriculture (CSA) as a promising approach to minimising the damage caused by increasing weather variability. However, the effect of CSA practices on the resilience of maize farmers in the face of climate variability is not well understood. This study assesses the effects of CSA practices on the resilience of maize farmers. Using primary data from 250 randomly sampled maize farmers in Kenya, a resilience index was generated and then analysed using a structural equation model. The results show that CSA practices increase the resilience of farmers, suggesting enhanced resilience to climate variability. CSA practices improve farmers’ food security and welfare, and their adoption should be promoted.