Uptake and Impact of Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies and Innovations in East Africa

M. Ogada, M. Radeny, J. Recha, P. Kimeli, J. Rao and D. Solomon

No 277499, 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia from International Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: To accelerate adoption of climate smart agriculture technologies and innovations in East Africa, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change and Food Security Programme introduced the concept of Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) in the region, specifically in Lushoto in Tanzania, Borana in Ethiopia, Hoima and Rakai in Uganda, and Wote and Nyando in Kenya. The approach brings together research institutions, agriculture sector stakeholders and the farming communities to test a portfolio of CSA technologies, identify locally appropriate ones and promote their uptake. This study sought to measure the impact of the technologies on welfare of the households. Using quasi-experimental approaches, the study found that CSVs enhanced the adaptive capacity of the smallholder farmers, and that CSA technologies and innovations improved the welfare of the farmers by increasing their access to food varieties, improving their asset holding and income. The policy implication is that the concept CSV should be promoted while obstacles to adoption of CSA technologies and innovations should be addressed. Acknowledgement :

Keywords: Environmental; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-07
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.277499

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