scholarly journals “Conservation Agriculture,” Possible Climate Change Adaptation Option in Taita Hills, Kenya

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Lilian Motaroki ◽  
Gilbert Ouma ◽  
Dorcas Kalele
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Conservation Agriculture ◽  
Adaptation Option ◽  
Taita Hills

Conservation Agriculture for Climate Change Adaptation in Tharaka Nithi

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-37
Author(s):  
Gioto Victoria ◽  
◽  
Wandiga Shem ◽  
Christopher Oludhe ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Conservation Agriculture

HURRY UP OR WAIT: ARE PRIVATE INVESTMENTS IN CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION DELAYED?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHARLES SIMS ◽  
SARAH E. NULL ◽  
JOSUE MEDELLIN-AZUARA ◽  
AUGUSTINA ODAME
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Central Valley ◽  
Water Saving ◽  
Adaptation Option ◽  
Option Value ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Adaptation Potential ◽  
Private Investments ◽  
The Cost

Adaptation gaps arise when observed adaptation to climate change is slower than perceived adaptation potential. Two common explanations for adaptation gaps are (1) private parties failing to recognize that the climate is changing and (2) the cost of adaptation is higher than commonly believed. This paper shows how these two explanations are linked and that the likelihood and duration of adaptation gaps depend on whether climate change is characterized by stationary or non-stationary dynamics. Using an investment in water-saving irrigation in California’s Central Valley as an illustrative example, we find little evidence that failing to account for climate change would explain adaptation gaps. A more likely explanation for adaptation gaps is a failure to account for the adaptation option value that arises due to the possibility of maladaptation.

scholarly journals Communal farming, climate change adaptation and the media in Zimbabwe

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mthokozisi P. Ndhlovu ◽  
Thabani Mpofu
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Conservation Agriculture ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Opinion Leaders ◽  
Systematic Sampling ◽  
Media Content ◽  
The Media

Climate change is destroying Zimbabwean communal farmers’ agricultural activities – a source of living for most people. As communal farmers struggle to adapt, the media is expected to assume a fundamental theoretical role of educating and informing them about the appropriate adaptation techniques. Located in Umguza District in Matabeleland North Province, the study explored how communal farmers created meaning out of climate change media content and its influence on their agricultural practices from October 2014 to April 2015. In doing so, the study used the Two-Step Flow theory and Hall’s Encoding and Decoding Model. Entrenched in pragmatism, the study embedded quantitative techniques at different stages. Multistage sampling combining Simple Random Sampling (SRS), purposive and systematic sampling techniques was used to identify the 263 households for semi structured questionnaires, direct observations and in-depth interviews. The findings were analysed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), thematic analysis and pattern matching. The results show that personal observations; print, broadcast and online media; and opinion leaders were the main sources of climate change information. The radio was the most used medium in communicating climate change adaptation though it was the second most accessed after mobile phones. Conservation Agriculture and planting of drought-resistant crops were some of the adaptation techniques communicated in the media. When interacting with media content, communal farmers create their own meaning influenced by their cultural values, resulting in some adopting, rejecting or modifying certain adaptation techniques. The study concludes that opinion leaders are fundamental in communal farmers’ interaction with media but their influence must not be overestimated.

scholarly journals Soil Water Retention and Soil Compaction Assessment in a Regional-Scale Strategy to Improve Climate Change Adaptation of Agriculture in Navarre, Spain

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 607
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Antón ◽  
Alberto Ruiz-Sagaseta ◽  
Luis Orcaray ◽  
Francisco Javier Arricibita ◽  
Alberto Enrique ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Soil Compaction ◽  
Water Retention ◽  
Regional Climate ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Regional Climate Change ◽  
Conservation Agriculture ◽  
Grassland Management ◽  
Soil Water Retention

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the different agricultural management adaptive strategies considered in the framework of a regional climate change adaptation roadmap in Navarre (Spain), from the point of view of soil physical indicators associated to soil compaction and water retention. These indicators were chosen as representative of the potential of these strategies to improve the soil physical condition. That for, the effectiveness of conservation agriculture (CA, crop rotations (ROT), additions of organic matter (ExO), irrigation (IRR) and innovative grassland management (GSS) was assessed by monitoring soil bulk density (BD) and soil available water holding capacity (AWHC) in a network of 159 agricultural fields across homogeneous agro-climatic zones in the region. A sampling protocol designed to compare groups of plots with or without adaptive practices, and with equal soil characteristics within each zone, allowed to determine the effect size of each strategy (measured as response ratios, RR, calculated as the relative value of BD and AWHC in fields with adaptive management vs. without). Both parameters responded to soil and crop management, although the observed effect was highly variable. Only the ExO strategy showed an overall positive effect on BD. ROT, IRR and GSS displayed no effect and, in the case of CA, the effect was negative. In terms of AWHC, although the results within the zones were heterogeneous, the overall effect associated to the strategies ROT, ExO, IRR and GSS was neutral, and only CA resulted in an overall negative effect. The observed variability in terms of the effectiveness of the five strategies tested in this region highlights the need to understand the complexity of interrelationships between management and dynamic soil properties at the regional scale.

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