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Geoenvironmental Disasters

Table 3 Smallholder’s ranking of the adaptation strategies employed in Trans-Mara East sub-County, as per their perceived importance levels

From: Climate change adaptive capacity and smallholder farming in Trans-Mara East sub-County, Kenya

Adaptation strategy

Very important

Moderately important

Less important

Not important

WAI

Rank

Improving crop varieties

79

20

1

0

2.78

1

Improving livestock feeding techniques

76

21

3

0

2.73

2

Crop diversification

73

24

2

1

2.69

3

Irrigation

72

21

5

2

2.63

4

Improving post-harvest management

68

27

4

1

2.62

5

Off-farm income streams

71

19

7

3

2.58

6

Adjusting planting dates

59

27

11

3

2.42

7

Agroforestry practices

61

21

13

5

2.38

8

Destocking

53

29

10

8

2.27

9

  1. Not important 0; Less important 1; Moderately important 2; Very important 3; WAI Weighted Average Index. (Source: Field Data, 2017)
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