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Table 4 Key challenges constraining smallholders from taking up adaptation measures against climate variability in Trans-Mara East (N = 100)

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

Constrain

High

Moderate

Low

Non-issue

PCI

Rank

High cost of farm inputs

75

21

4

0

2.71

1

Limited credit facilities

66

31

2

1

2.62

2

Market uncertainties

69

24

6

1

2.61

2

Poor road networks

74

13

10

3

2.58

3

Limited livelihood streams

56

42

2

0

2.54

5

DWISa

71

16

7

6

2.52

6

Inadequate adaptation extension services

67

13

14

6

2.41

7

Limiting farm size

61

12

10

17

2.17

8

Land tenure issues

55

11

19

15

2.06

9

Inter-ethnic conflicts

43

21

25

11

1.96

10

  1. High = 3; Moderate = 2; Low = 1; Non-issue = 0. DWISa = Disjointed Weather Information Streams
  2. (Source: Field Data, 2017)