Year: 2019
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Coping and adaptation to the impacts of climate change is increasingly necessary. Due to the expanding global climate change coping and adaptation agenda among various agencies, it is of primary importance to understand the coping and adaptation strategies in order to generate the most appropriate and effective interventions. The study evaluated the level of household vulnerability to climate change on the livelihoods of Baringo County based on Pressure and Release (PAR) model. The study assessed vulnerability to climate change at the household level. This study used statistical and econometric tools to establish or measure household vulnerability in Baringo County. It considered 26 socio-economic and biophysical indicators obtained from 204 households' in-depth interviews to reflect climate vulnerability components which include adaptive capacity, exposure and sensitivity. Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to develop weights for different indicators and produce a household vulnerability index (HVI) so as to classify households according to their level of vulnerability. On ordinal regression, 63.2% of the households showed high climate change vulnerability. On household vulnerability assessment, after assessing the Socio –Economic and Bio-Physical Vulnerability of the Household Heads, the study concludes that Baringo County is vulnerable to climate change. Majority of the household respondents were illiterate, lager families, female headed households and little access to extension services. In conclusion the government and other stakeholder should together work in collaboration to reduce household vulnerability especially in rural areas where it is rampant for this will be the genesis of addressing climate change.
Institution: Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Agronomy and Crop Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDGs: Climate action, No poverty
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3003617816