Perception of climate change and farm level adaptation choices in central Kenya

Les agricultures face au changement climatique. Coordonnateur : Emmanuel Torquebiau

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Table 4

Current choices of coffee zone and food crop zone farmers in the study area.

Choix actuels des producteurs de la zone caféière et de la zone de cultures vivrières dans la zone d’étude.

Innovation choices adopted	Coffee farmers		Food crop		t-value
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Crop management
Variety change	0.55	0.51	0.12	0.32	5.62***
Adjusting planting dates	0.32	0.49	0.55	0.51	−1.46**
Intercropping	0.38	0.49	0.48	0.51	−1.11
Shifting crops between land types	0.37	0.49	0.12	0.32	3.31***
Diseases control	0.58	0.49	0.12	0.32	6.09***
Livestock management
Shifting in feeding strategy	0.56	0.51	0.35	0.48	2.12**
Stocking rate	0.23	0.43	0.17	0.37	0.91
Input and resource management
Tree planting	0.23	0.43	0.53	0.51	−3.52***
Mulching practices	0.28	0.45	0.18	0.39	1.29
Irrigation infrastructure	0.38	0.49	0.40	0.49	−0.18
Livelihood options
Mix of crops and animals	0.53	0.51	0.43	0.50	1.09
Farm–off-farm combination	0.45	0.53	0.22	0.42	2.67***
Temporary migration	0.08	0.33	0.20	0.41	−1.73**

Number of observations (n = 159). *, ** and *** indicate statistical significance at 10%, 5% and 1% level respectively.

Survey data, 2014.

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