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Climate smart agriculture adaptation strategies for rain-fed agriculture in drought-prone areas of Central Kenya

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  • Peterson N.M. Njeru
  • Immaculate Maina
  • John K. Lekasi
  • Stephen K. Kimani
  • Anthony O. Esilaba
  • Jayne Mugwe
  • M. Mucheru-Muna

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The drier parts of Central Kenya are characterised by poor crop harvest due to unpredictable, unreliable and poor rainfall distribution patterns. The field experiment was laid out in Partially Balanced Incomplete Block Design (PBIBD) with 36 treatments replicated three times. The treatments of tied ridges and contour furrows under sorghum alone and intercrop plus external soil amendment of 40 kg P/ha + 20 kg N/ha + manure 2.5 t/ha had the highest grain yield of 3.1 t/ha. The soil fertility levels differed significantly from one another (p = 0.0001) in terms of sorghum grain yield. Generally, all experiment controls had the lowest grain yields as low as 0.3 t/ha to 0.5 t/ha. Therefore, integration of minimal organic and inorganic inputs under various water harvesting technologies could be considered as an alternative food security initiative towards climate smart agriculture for climate change mitigation in drought-prone areas of Central Kenya.

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  • Peterson N.M. Njeru & Immaculate Maina & John K. Lekasi & Stephen K. Kimani & Anthony O. Esilaba & Jayne Mugwe & M. Mucheru-Muna, 2016. "Climate smart agriculture adaptation strategies for rain-fed agriculture in drought-prone areas of Central Kenya," International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 12(2), pages 113-124.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijarge:v:12:y:2016:i:2:p:113-124
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    1. Edmond Totin & Alcade C. Segnon & Marc Schut & Hippolyte Affognon & Robert B. Zougmoré & Todd Rosenstock & Philip K. Thornton, 2018. "Institutional Perspectives of Climate-Smart Agriculture: A Systematic Literature Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-20, June.

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