Adoption of water harvesting technologies among agro-pastoralists in semi-arid rangelands of South Eastern Kenya

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dc.creatorLutta, Alphayo I.
dc.creatorWasonga, Oliver Vivian
dc.creatorNyangito, Moses M.
dc.creatorSudan, Falendra Kumar
dc.creatorRobinson, Lance W.
dc.date2020-12
dc.date2023-03-10T14:35:02Z
dc.date2023-03-10T14:35:02Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T17:13:32Z
dc.descriptionThe arid and semi-arid lands experience inherently unpredictable rainfall and frequent droughts, which are exacerbated by climate change. This consequently leads to deterioration of land resources, and eventually forage and water shortages that negatively impact livestock productivity. In Kenya, development and government agencies have been supporting on-farm adaptation strategies such as water harvesting conservation structures to cope with climate hazards that affect agricultural production and food security in agro-pastoral and pastoral systems. The various water harvesting structures that have been promoted include Zai pits for growing crops and trees, water pans and shallow wells for livestock and domestic use, as well as for irrigation. However, the impact of such interventions with regard to improvement of range productivity and therefore welfare of agro-pastoral and pastoral communities has not been felt owing to low adoption rate by households.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/129427
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/145942
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceLutta, Alphayo I.; Wasonga, Oliver Vivian; Nyangito, Moses M.; Sudan, Falendra Kumar; Robinson, Lance W. 2020. Adoption of water harvesting technologies among agro-pastoralists in semi-arid rangelands of South Eastern Kenya. Environmental Systems Research 9:
dc.subjectwater
dc.subjectrangelands
dc.subjectharvesting
dc.subjectwater harvesting
dc.subjectadoption
dc.subjectpastoralists
dc.subjectkenya
dc.titleAdoption of water harvesting technologies among agro-pastoralists in semi-arid rangelands of South Eastern Kenya
dc.typeJournal Article

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