Understanding the socioeconomic determinants of adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices among smallholder potato farmers in Gilgil Sub-County, Kenya

• DOI: 10.1007/s43621-021-00050-x
• Publication Date: 2021-09-21T12:06:20Z
• Authors: Andrew Waaswa; Agnes Oywaya Nkur...; Anthony Mwangi Kibe; Joel Kipkemoi Ng’eno
• Keywords: 2. Zero hunger; 1. No poverty; Agricultural productivity; Climate change adaptation; Socioeconomic factors; 15. Life on land; Climate-smart agriculture; 01 natural sciences; Environmental sciences; 13. Climate action; Climate change; GE1-350; Potato production; 0105 earth and related environmental sciences

Abstract Besides climate-smart agriculture’s (CSA) potential to meet the world’s increasing food demands in face of climate variability through sustainably production, its acceptance among farmers is still low. This could be partly because limited insight into contextual underpinnings uptake. Therefore, purpose this study was establish relationship between selected socioeconomic factors and adoption CSA Gilgil Sub-County. study’s results were attained from a binary logistic regression model, using sample 120 smallholder potato two wards Sub-County Nakuru County, Kenya. An analysis five hypothesized explanatory variables contained model disclosed that CSAPs statistically significant at 5% level significance (χ 2 = 17.966, df 5, p < 0.05). It further revealed only had with CSAPs. Among these, included gender which negative (Wald χ 6.701, 1, 0.05) annual farm income, positive 8.402, securing access vital resources for women indispensable enhance their capacity compliance adjust production methods response change. Facilitating increased output income greatly recommended.