Supporting smallholder livestock farmers’ adaptive capacity to climate change in Kenya: What role does entrepreneurial orientation and uptake of CSA play?

Submitted by Jane Nyawira Maina on
EfD Authors:
Ateka, Josiah

Improving smallholder farmers' adaptive capacity to climate change has become a major concern of governments and development agencies. Adaptive capacity determines the inherent ability of a system to cope with vulnerability to climate change. This paper used cross sectional survey data of 737 livestock producing households to assess determinants of adaptive capacity among Arid and Semi-Arid (ASAL) communities in Kenya.

Peer Reviewed
Agriculture, Climate Change

Policy instruments to achieve cleaner cooking practices - experiences and cross-country learning from the East African region

Submitted by Petra Hansson on

Transformation towards an inclusive green economy is one of the prerequisites for achieving the sustainable development goals in Agenda 2030. 

Report
Energy, Health, Land, Policy Design, Urban

Carbon pricing and household welfare: evidence from Uganda

Submitted by Ishita Datta on
EfD Authors:
Aggarwal, Raavi
Jakob, Michael
Steckel, Jan
Ayhan, Sinem

AbstractPolicymakers frequently voice concerns that carbon pricing could impair economic development in the short run, especially in low-income countries such as Uganda. Using a consumer demand system for energy and food items, we assess how households’ welfare, and demand for food and energy, would respond to a carbon price of USD40/tCO2. We find welfare losses of 0.2–12 per cent of household expenditure on food and fuel, due to the carbon price. Average demand for electricity and kerosene decline by 11 and 20 per cent respectively, while firewood demand rises by 10 per cent on average.

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