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Most of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), including Kenya, depend heavily on agriculture for income and food security. Any effort aiming to sustain and improve the productivity in agriculture is, therefore, an important step towards improving the livelihoods of many households. Soils are...


Karanja Ng'ang'a, StanleyNotenbaert, An Maria OmerMwungu, Chris MiyinziMwongera, CarolineGirvetz, Evan H.[Cost and benefit analysis for climate-smart soil practices in Western Kenya.]Cost and benefit analysis for climate-smart soil practices in Western Kenya.

Adoption of soil carbon practices has the capability of increasing yield, thus improving income and food availability. This paper assessed the adoption of agricultural practices that enhance soil carbon. Data from 334 households were collected in the rural areas of Western Kenya using a multistag...


Karanja Ng'ang'a, StanleyAnyango Jalang'o, DorcasGirvetz, Evan H.[Adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices and their impact on farm output in Western Kenya]Adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices and their impact on farm output in Western Kenya

Ng’ang’a, Stanley KaranjaAnyango Jalang'o, DorcasGirvetz, Evan H.[Socioeconomic factors that constrain or facilitate the adoption of technologies that promote sequestration of soil carbon in East Africa]Socioeconomic factors that constrain or facilitate the adoption of technologies that promote sequestration of soil carbon in East Africa

Planning robust climate-smart development programs can be done today with existing information. We propose a risk-household-option modeling approach to address household food security under climate change in Africa. hrough a case study in Niger, we demonstrate that prioritizing CSA is possible by...


Lamanna, ChristineRamírez Villegas, JuliánWijk, Mark T. vanCorner-Dolloff, CaitlinGirvetz, Evan H.Rosenstock, Todd S.[Evidence- and risk-based planning for food security under climate change: Results of a modeling approach for climate-smart agriculture programming]Evidence- and risk-based planning for food security under climate change: Results of a modeling approach for climate-smart agriculture programming

This paper describes data that were collected in three counties of western Kenya, namely Siaya, Bungoma, and Kakamega. The main aim of collecting the data was to assess the climate smartness, profitability and returns of soil protection and rehabilitation measures. The data were collected from 88...


Karanja Ng'ang'a, StanleyMwungu, Chris MiyinziMwongera, CarolineKinyua, IvyNotenbaert, An Maria OmerGirvetz, Evan H.[Survey data on cost and benefits of climate smart agricultural technologies in western Kenya]Survey data on cost and benefits of climate smart agricultural technologies in western Kenya

"The last two decades have seen a rise of interest in the adoption and diffusion of agricultural technologies aimed at improving the sustainability of agricultural lands among smallholder farmers in developing countries. This papers set out to understand factors that influence the adoption of tec...


Karanja Ng'ang'a, StanleyAnyango Jalang'o, DorcasGirvetz, Evan H.[Adoption of technologies that enhance soil carbon sequestration in East Africa: What influence farmers’ decision?]Adoption of technologies that enhance soil carbon sequestration in East Africa: What influence farmers’ decision?

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