Education, financial aid, and awareness can reduce smallholder farmers' vulnerability to drought under climate change

Wens, Marthe L. K.; van Loon, Anne F.; Veldkamp, Ted I. E.; Aerts, Jeroen C. J. H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-1201-2022

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07 Apr 2022

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Education, financial aid, and awareness can reduce smallholder farmers' vulnerability to drought under climate change

Marthe L. K. Wens, Anne F. van Loon, Ted I. E. Veldkamp, and Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts

Data sets

Survey report Kitui, Kenya: Expert evaluation of model setup and preparations of future fieldwork M. Wens https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/survey-report-kitui-kenya-expert-evaluation-of-model-setup-and-pr

Survey report Kitui, Kenya: Results of a questionaire regardings usbsistence farmers' drought risk and adaptation behaviour M. Wens https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/survey-report-kitui-kenya-results-of-a-questionaire-regardings-us

Short summary

In this paper, we present an application of the empirically calibrated drought risk adaptation model ADOPT for the case of smallholder farmers in the Kenyan drylands. ADOPT is used to evaluate the effect of various top-down drought risk reduction interventions (extension services, early warning systems, ex ante cash transfers, and low credit rates) on individual and community drought risk (adaptation levels, food insecurity, poverty, emergency aid) under different climate change scenarios.