Memorias de investigación
Ponencias en congresos:
Farmers' behaviour on mitigation and adaptation to climate change: A case study in Kenya.
Año:2013
Áreas de investigación
  • Agricultura,
  • Ciencias sociales,
  • Economía agraria,
  • Economía de los recursos naturales
Datos
Descripción
Farmers in Africa are facing climate change and challenging rural livelihoods while maintaining agricultural systems that are not resilient. By 2050 the mean estimates of production of key staple crops in Africa such as maize, sorghum, millet, groundnut, and cassava are expected to decrease by between 8 and 22 percent (Schlenker and Lobell 2010). In Kenya, although projections of rainfall do not show dramatic decreases, the distribution of impacts is clearly negative for most crops. As increases in temperature will lead to increases in evapotranspiration, a potential increase in rainfall in Kenya may not offset the expected increases in agricultural water needs (Herrero et al. 2010). In order to respond to these present and future challenges, potential mitigation and adaptation options have been developed. However, implementation is not evident. In addition to their benefits in either mitigating or reducing the vulnerability of climate change effects, many of these options do not have economic costs and even provide economic benefits (e.g. savings in the consumption of energy or natural resources). Nevertheless, it is demonstrated that even when there are no biophysical, technological or economic constraints and despite their potential benefits from either the economic or environmental climate change point of view, not all farmers are willing to adopt these measures. This reflects the key role that behavioural barriers can play in the uptake of mitigation and adaptation measures.
Internacional
Si
Nombre congreso
Sustainable Intensification: The pathway to low carbon farming? Edinburgh 25-27th Sept, 2013
Tipo de participación
960
Lugar del congreso
Edimburgh
Revisores
Si
ISBN o ISSN
00000000
DOI
Fecha inicio congreso
25/09/2014
Fecha fin congreso
27/09/2014
Desde la página
56
Hasta la página
59
Título de las actas
Book of Conference Proceedings
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  • Creador: Centro o Instituto I+D+i: Centro de Estudios e Investigación para la Gestión de Riesgos Agrarios Medioambientales (CEIGRAM). Centro Mixto UPM-AGROMUTUA-ENESA