Livelihood resilience to environmental changes in areas of Kenya and Cameroon: a comparative analysis

Nyong Princely Awazi () and Amy Quandt ()
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Nyong Princely Awazi: University of Dschang
Amy Quandt: San Diego State University

Climatic Change, 2021, vol. 165, issue 1, No 33, 17 pages

Abstract: Abstract Climate change is a major challenge for the agricultural sector worldwide. Smallholder farmers are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change owing to their high dependence on agriculture for livelihood sustenance. Building smallholder farmers’ livelihood resilience to the adverse effects of environmental change is critical to addressing their vulnerabilities. This paper comparatively assessed livelihood resilience of smallholder farmers in Isiolo County, Kenya and Northwestern Cameroon in the face of environmental changes. The results are based on household surveys of 339 farmers in Kenya and 350 farmers in Cameroon. Findings showed that using the same measures of livelihood resilience, farmers’ resilience were significantly different in the Kenyan and Cameroonian study areas (p

Keywords: Cameroon; Climate change; Kenya; Livelihood resilience; Smallholder farmers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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