Adoption of agro-weather information sources for climate smart agriculture among farmers in Embu and Ada’a districts of Kenya and Ethiopia
| Autor: | Oladimeji Idowu Oladele, MP Gitika, Oluwasogo David Olorunfemi, F Aregawi, G Mamo, F Ngari, Ademola K. Braimoh, A Shimeles |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
business.industry Environmental resource management 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Library and Information Sciences Adaptation strategies 01 natural sciences Geography Agriculture Effects of global warming 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Adaptation (computer science) business Resilience (network) 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Information Development. 35:639-654 |
| ISSN: | 1741-6469 0266-6669 |
| Popis: | Adaptation strategies are considered to be an effective measure to build resilience to the effects of climate change. The agro-weather tools for adaptation to climate smart agriculture were implemented as a pilot project in Embu and Ada’a Districts of Kenya and Ethiopia respectively. Random sampling technique was used to select 360 and 171 farmers from the population of project’s beneficiaries in Kenya and Ethiopia and data collection was carried out with the use of a questionnaire. The overall results show that farming experience and impact of agro-weather information were significant determinants of the use of all the tools. Ownership/access, extension contact, frequency of extension contact and extension agency were significant determinants of the use of short message service (SMS), newsletter, and radio while group membership was a significant determinant of the use of SMS, newsletter, and interactive voice response. The significance of these variables stresses their need in the planning and policy formulation for the use of agro-weather tools for information dissemination. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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