Adaptive strategies and local innovations of smallholder farmers in selected agri-food systems of central kenya

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2011

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The study sample of 360 households was drawn randomly from 18 farmers’ groups in Kenya living under acute food and livelihood crisis (Mbeere South district); experiencing borderline food insecurity (Kirinyaga West District); and those with low resilience (Nyandarua North District). Results show that smallholders in these areas use and perpetuate diverse adaptive strategies and innovations for coping with vulnerability, for risk avoidance, and for livelihoods insurance enhancement. Smallholder farmers use multiple pathways to deal with food insecurity, which should inform interventions that are intended to strengthen agri-food systems.

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KENYA, AGRIFOOD SYSTEMS, SMALLHOLDERS, INNOVATION SYSTEMS, PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH, FOOD SECURITY, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL POVERTY, SOUTH OF SAHARA, ADAPTIVE CAPACITY

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/49354

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2010-2019 / Années 2010-2019
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