Climate and Development ( IF 4.653 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-21 , DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2021.1885336 Andrew Waaswa 1 , Agnes Oywaya Nkurumwa 1 , Anthony Mwangi Kibe 2 , Joel Ngeno Kipkemoi 3
ABSTRACT
Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) presents the opportunity to meet the world’s increasing food demands in the face of climate variability. It is more responsive to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals 2 and 13. CSA practices have the potential to alleviate low potato yields among farmers. Investigation of the determinants of practice of CSA would therefore go a long way in informing the efforts to adapt potato production to the effects of climate change. This study explored the determinants of practice of CSA documented by theoretical authorities and empirical studies. The study systematically investigated the need for CSA by reviewing the effect of climate change on potato production. Information from institutional websites and data from FAOSTAT were reviewed. Understanding the financial, natural, physical, and social capital required to execute the CSA technological practices is key to its adoption. Additionally, the mode of communicating the CSA practices determines its adoption, therefore, knowledge of such determinants and that of socioeconomic and institutional factors shapes CSA technological development and diffusion strategies. Understanding of these is essential to tailoring the CSA practices to the farmers’ most pressing needs and to the development of the practices that can easily be accessed and adopted by the farmers.
中文翻译:
肯尼亚气候智能型农业和马铃薯生产:实践决定因素回顾
摘要
气候智能型农业 (CSA) 提供了在气候多变的情况下满足世界日益增长的粮食需求的机会。它更能响应可持续发展目标 2 和 13 的实现。CSA 实践有可能缓解农民马铃薯产量低的问题。因此,对 CSA 实践决定因素的调查将大大有助于使马铃薯生产适应气候变化的影响。本研究探讨了理论权威和实证研究记录的 CSA 实践的决定因素。该研究通过回顾气候变化对马铃薯生产的影响,系统地调查了对 CSA 的需求。审查了来自机构网站的信息和来自粮农组织统计数据库的数据。了解财务、自然、物质、执行 CSA 技术实践所需的社会资本是其采用的关键。此外,传播 CSA 实践的模式决定了它的采用,因此,对这些决定因素以及社会经济和制度因素的了解决定了 CSA 技术的发展和传播战略。了解这些对于根据农民最紧迫的需求定制 CSA 实践以及开发农民可以轻松获取和采用的实践至关重要。