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| dc.contributor.advisor | Soukand, Renata | it_IT |
| dc.contributor.author | Nyaga, James Njogu <1983> | it_IT |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-26 | it_IT |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-10-07T12:38:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-10-07T12:38:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-07-14 | it_IT |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10579/19853 | |
| dc.description.abstract | it_IT | |
| dc.language.iso | en | it_IT |
| dc.publisher | Università Ca' Foscari Venezia | it_IT |
| dc.rights | © James Njogu Nyaga, 2021 | it_IT |
| dc.title | Assessment of Perceived impacts of climate change on agricultural crops productions and its effects on food security: A case study of small-scale farmers in Murang’a County Kenya | it_IT |
| dc.title.alternative | PERCEIVED IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURAL CROPS PRODUCTION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON FOOD SECURITY: INSIGHTS FROM KAHURO- MURANG’A COUNTY KENYA | it_IT |
| dc.type | Master's Degree Thesis | it_IT |
| dc.degree.name | Scienze ambientali | it_IT |
| dc.degree.level | Laurea magistrale | it_IT |
| dc.degree.grantor | Scuola in Sostenibilità dei sistemi ambientali e turistici | it_IT |
| dc.description.academicyear | 2020/2021-Sessione Estiva | it_IT |
| dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | it_IT |
| dc.thesis.matricno | 881652 | it_IT |
| dc.subject.miur | BIO/03 BOTANICA AMBIENTALE E APPLICATA | it_IT |
| dc.description.note | Kahuro sub-county, Murang’a Kenya, is a rich agricultural area that falls within the Central Kenya highlands with a part of it being semi-arid. Within the sub-county, there has been a significant impact of climate change on crop production, but minimal information exists on farmers’ mitigation and adaptation strategies. The study was undertaken to identify the farmers' perceptions of climate change on crop production and its impacts on food security. Thirty farmers were purposively sampled and interviewed. The results showed that 90% of the farmers in the area depend on rainfed agriculture, with 73% of the interviewees reported to have been in farming for over 10 years. The majority of the farmers in the area are in the know about climate change citing prolonged dry spells, extreme temperatures, extended wet periods, and crop failure as climate change indicators. 43% of the interviewees mentioned human activities such as land cover clearing and deforestation as the main contributors to climate change. The majority of the farmers intimated drought-tolerant crop farming, reduced crop yields, and observed changes in planting times as significant impacts of a changing climate on crop production. Climate change has impacted the state of food security in the area with the majority of farmers intimating that the previous year’s harvest was lower and hence cannot last their households until the next harvest season. Hence, farmers in the area have resorted to planting early maturing crop varieties, crop diversification, and conservation techniques. Though farmers in Kahuro are aware of climate change and the impacts of such changes, there is a need for capacity building on the potential adaptation, coping, and mitigation strategies to enhance sustainable agriculture and ensuring food security. | it_IT |
| dc.degree.discipline | it_IT | |
| dc.contributor.co-advisor | it_IT | |
| dc.date.embargoend | it_IT | |
| dc.provenance.upload | James Njogu Nyaga (881652@stud.unive.it), 2021-06-26 | it_IT |
| dc.provenance.plagiarycheck | Renata Soukand (renata.soukand@unive.it), 2021-07-12 | it_IT |
