Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 22, issue 4
Articles | Volume 22, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-1201-2022
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Articles | Volume 22, issue 4
Research article
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07 Apr 2022
Research article |  | 07 Apr 2022

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

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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.
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