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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
environmental science
Pastoralism and ecosystem-based adaptation in Kenyan Masailand
International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, Volume 5, No. 2, Year 2013
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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess the potential for pastoral communities inhabiting Kenyan Masailand to adapt to climate change using conservancies and payments for ecosystem services. Design/methodology/approach: Multiple methods and data sources were used, comprising: a socio-economic survey of 295 households; informal interviews with pastoralists, conservancy managers, and tourism investors; focus group discussions; a stakeholder workshop. Monthly rainfall data was used to analyse drought frequency and intensity. A framework of the interactions between pastoralists' drought coping and risk mitigation strategies and the conservancy effects was developed, and used to qualitatively assess some interactions across the three study sites. Changes in household livestock holdings and sources of cash income are calculated in relation to the 2008-09 drought. Findings: The frequency and intensity of droughts are increasing but are localised across the three study sites. The proportion of households with per capita livestock holdings below the 4.5 TLU poverty vulnerability threshold increased by 34 per cent in Kitengela and 5 per cent in the Mara site, mainly due to the drought in 2008-2009. Payment for ecosystem services was found to buffer households from fluctuating livestock income, but also generates synergies and/or trade-offs depending on land use restrictions. Originality/value: The contribution of conservancies to drought coping and risk mitigation strategies of pastoralists is analyzed as a basis for evaluating the potential for ecosystem-based adaptation. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Authors & Co-Authors
Osano, Philip
Canada, Montreal
Université Mcgill
Saïd, Mohammed Yahya
Kenya, Nairobi
International Livestock Research Institute Nairobi
De Leeuw, Jan W.
Kenya, Nairobi
World Agroforestry Centre
Moiko, Stephen S.
Canada, Montreal
Université Mcgill
Kaelo, Dickson Ole
Kenya, Nairobi
University of Nairobi
Schomers, Sarah
Germany, Muncheberg
Leibniz-zentrum Für Agrarlandschaftsforschung Zalf E. V.
Birner, Regina
Germany, Stuttgart
Universität Hohenheim
Ogutu, Joseph Ochieng
Germany, Stuttgart
Universität Hohenheim
Statistics
Citations: 39
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1108/17568691311327596
ISSN:
17568692
Research Areas
Environmental
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Qualitative
Quantitative