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DOI: 10.3390/su11061564
WOS记录号: WOS:000465613000059
论文题名:
How to Effectively Enhance Sustainable Livelihoods in Smallholder Systems: A Comparative Study from Western Kenya
作者: Fuchs, Lisa Elena1; Orero, Levi1; Namoi, Nictor2; Neufeldt, Henry3
通讯作者: Fuchs, Lisa Elena
刊名: SUSTAINABILITY
ISSN: 2071-1050
出版年: 2019
卷: 11, 期:6
语种: 英语
英文关键词: sustainable development ; adaptive capacity ; asset-based community-development ; climate-smart agriculture ; horticulture ; agroforestry
WOS关键词: CLIMATE-CHANGE ; LAND ; FOOD ; AGROFORESTRY ; DIVERSITY ; DIVERSIFICATION ; ADAPTATION ; STRATEGIES ; MANAGEMENT ; HOUSEHOLDS
WOS学科分类: Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向: Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
英文摘要:

Increasing communities' adaptive capacity is crucial to enhancing the sustainability of livelihoods and landscapes in smallholder systems. This study evaluates the contributions of an asset-based community-driven local development project, which has an objective to enhance farmer livelihoods through context-specific agricultural and agroforestry training, in line with farmers' identities, interests, and preferences. The project was implemented in two areas of the wider Nyando river basin: the Lower and Middle Nyando sites. The project effects on farmer livelihoods were evaluated by analyzing overall income enhancement through the adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices via the computation of total values of harvest. Socioeconomic data from 183 households, half of which were involved in the project, were considered. The findings showed that locality played an important role in the adoption and success of good agricultural practices. Additional significant positive factors included project participation, size of land operated, horticulture farming, livestock ownership, ownership of a title deed, hours worked, and crop species richness. The number of years farmed had a significant negative correlation with the value of harvest. Considering the stark differences in livelihood effects in both sites, researchers conclude that external support for climate-smart agriculture uptake needs to be considerate of, and respond to, biophysical and socioeconomic context.


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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/131710
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作者单位: 1.World Agroforestry Ctr ICRAF, Syst Theme, POB 30677, Nairobi 00100, Kenya
2.World Agroforestry Ctr ICRAF, Soils Theme, POB 30677, Nairobi 00100, Kenya
3.UNEP DTU Partnership, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

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Fuchs, Lisa Elena,Orero, Levi,Namoi, Nictor,et al. How to Effectively Enhance Sustainable Livelihoods in Smallholder Systems: A Comparative Study from Western Kenya[J]. SUSTAINABILITY,2019-01-01,11(6)
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