Regional Sustainability ›› 2021, Vol. 2 ›› Issue (2): 130-143.doi: 10.1016/j.regsus.2021.05.002
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Devinia Princess AKINYIa,b, Stanley Karanja NG’ANG’Ab,*(), Evan GIRVETZc
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2020-09-24
Revised:
2021-03-10
Accepted:
2021-05-19
Online:
2021-04-20
Published:
2021-08-13
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Devinia Princess AKINYI, Stanley Karanja NG’ANG’A, Evan GIRVETZ. Trade-offs and synergies of climate change adaptation strategies among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review[J]. Regional Sustainability, 2021, 2(2): 130-143.
Table 1
Characteristics of adaptation strategies in reviewed literature."
Broad category | Specific adaptation strategy | Study area | Source |
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Crop management | Introduction of new crop varieties | Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Ghana, Benin, and SSA | |
Crop rotation | Ethiopia, Ghana, Benin, Kenya, Malawi, Togo, Nigeria, and SSA | ||
Intercropping | Ghana, Burkina Faso, Benin, and Kenya | ||
Risk management | Index-based insurance | Burkina Faso, Togo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, and Tanzania | |
Soil/land management | Minimum/zero tillage | Kenya, Ghana, Malawi, and Tanzania | |
Mulching | Ghana, Kenya, Zimbabwe, West Africa, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Burkina Faso | ||
Agroforestry | Malawi, Nigeria, Kenya, and Benin | Franzel et al. (2011); | |
Half-moons and Zaï pits | West Africa and Kenya | ||
Stone/soil/vegetation bunds | Kenya, Ghana, West Africa, and Ethiopia | ||
Mineral fertilizer and/or manure | Kenya, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi | ||
Water management | Water storage or water harvesting | Kenya and SSA | |
Irrigation | Nigeria, Kenya, Togo, Ethiopia, and SSA | ||
Livestock management | Breeding of climate-tolerant species, matching stocking rates to pasture production and pasture rotation, changing animal feeds, livestock insurance, uptake of animal health services, and improvement of animal husbandry | Malawi, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Nigeria, West Africa, and SSA |
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