Understanding the adaptive capacity (AC) of farmers is crucial to planning effective adaptation. Action to promote farmers’ AC is required because climate change (CC) is resulting in unpredictable alterations in weather patterns. Based on the sustainable livelihoods framework (SLF), this study explored how access to natural, physical, financial, social and human capitals enhances the AC. Quantitative data from 269 African indigenous vegetable (AIV) farmers in three selected agro-climatic zones in Kenya were analysed. Four indicators in each capital were selected based on previous studies and judgments collected from an expert online ranking survey (n = 35). The Kruskal-Wallis H test and an independent sample t-test were used to test the independence of AC scores and access to the different resources. The findings showed that the majority of farmers (53%) had a moderate AC, while fewer (32%) and (15%) had low or high AC levels respectively. Disparities in adaptive capacity scores were recorded between respondents in terms of their age, marital status and location. Farmers had high access to social capital but low access to financial, natural and human capitals. Female farmers showed lower capacities in the areas of financial, human and natural resources, while their male counterparts had low access to some human and social capitals. Resilient interventions that target individuals with low adaptive capacities are required.

了解农民的适应能力（AC）对于规划有效的适应至关重要。需要采取行动来提高农民的交流能力，因为气候变化（CC）导致天气模式的不可预测的变化。在可持续生计框架（SLF）的基础上，本研究探讨了获取自然，物质，财务，社会和人力资本如何增强国家适应能力。分析了来自肯尼亚三个选定的农业气候区的269名非洲土著蔬菜（AIV）农民的定量数据。根据先前的研究和专家在线排名调查收集的判断，选择了每个首都中的四个指标（n = 35）。Kruskal-Wallis H检验和独立样本t-test用于测试AC分数的独立性和对不同资源的访问。调查结果显示，大多数农民（53％）患有中等程度的AC，分别较少（32％）和（15％）具有低或高AC水平。记录受访者的年龄，婚姻状况和位置方面的适应能力得分差异。农民获得社会资本的机会很高，但获得财务，自然和人力资本的机会却很少。女农民在财政，人力和自然资源领域的能力较低，而男农民则缺乏一些人力和社会资本。需要针对适应能力差的个体的灵活干预措施。