[PDF] Top 20 Topo-sequence analysis of climate variability and land use changes among smallholder farmers in Meru County, Kenya

... on economic efficiency resulting to increased yields per unit area. The food demand was compensated for by adoption of technologies, cropping intensity and increased use of inputs such as fertilizers. Foods and ... See full document

... in land use and land cover results from their direct relationship to land productivity and hence ecosystem services necessary for human well-being (Remankutty and Foley, ...Systematic ... See full document

... data analysis and interpretation of field ...of climate variability on various land features such as soil erosion, mud slides, dry river beds ...Nyandarua County was sourced from the ... See full document

... Kenyan smallholder dairying faces diminishing land sizes, high input costs, poor extension contacts, non-responsive price policies, and new pests and ...diseases. Climate change will worsen the ... See full document

... Abstract: Climate variability can have severe impacts on agriculture, especially on rice as the water-intensive crop that depends heavily on precipitation and ...rice farmers toward climate ... See full document

... What livelihood intervention options would enhance local resilience at household and community level to continued effects of climate variability in Gadamoji division. 59.[r] ... See full document

... and use strategy 1 as compared to female headed households in the face of an ever increasing pressure on grazing resources and prevalence of severe shortage of animal feed in the study ...different climate ... See full document

... for farmers who do not possess other alternative sources of income than ...of farmers to adjust their food consumptions in bad and good ...of farmers’ knowledge and understanding of the ecological ... See full document

... and farmers are critical to application ...of climate forecasting and its application for drought mitigation, there is limited understanding of the socio-political environment through which climate ... See full document

... preference among the farmers for domestic consumption and ...preference among the household as a substi- tute for beans and its commercial use in various indus- ...where smallholder ... See full document

... some farmers have to constantly apply organic manure such as farm yard manure to ensure high ...the use of fertilizers in Kaato is limited to a few coffee ... See full document

... The land cover distribution map for 2014 was used as a ...of land cover and land ...systems. Land cover characteristics and land use activities therefore only compound on the ... See full document

... those smallholder farmers who implemented adaptation measures, the most common actions included planting of trees, adopting soil conservation practices, increasing fertilizer or agrochemical use, and ... See full document

... from land that most of the needs that shape human beings come from when it is well ...and land rights in India revealed that there are social and administrative bias which discriminate women in land ... See full document

... of farmers, farm management practices, cropping patterns, crop yield, role of different institutions to improve farming, and adoption of improved and indigenous soil conservation technologies, such as the ... See full document

... the smallholder farmers who choice adapta- tion strategies engage in multiple combinations of adaptation strategies in re- sponse to specific ...by smallholder farmers in response to climatic ... See full document

... by smallholder farmers in adapting to the effects of CV & ...that smallholder farmers use crop rotations, fallowing, tillage practices, soil fertility management, irrigation, crop ... See full document

... the smallholder sector of Kirinyaga County, ...251 farmers were selected from the study area using the stratified random ...by use of descriptive statistics, regression and correlation ... See full document

... to climate change and climate variability where the situation is aggravated by the interaction of multiple stresses, occurring at various levels, and low adaptive capacity (Boko et ...2014). ... See full document

... to climate and weather extremes, especially changes on temperature, rainfall and ...for farmers and the enduring changes in weather condition, water supply and soil moisture affects farm ... See full document