Dynamics of Climate Change Adaptations on Horticultural Land Use Practices around Mt. Kenya East Region

Kibetu Dickson Kinoti; Colbert Mutiso Jackson; Mwangi Joyce Muthoni

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Dynamics of Climate Change Adaptations on Horticultural Land Use Practices around Mt. Kenya East Region

Kibetu Dickson Kinoti, Colbert Mutiso Jackson, Mwangi Joyce Muthoni

Published in American Journal of Environmental Protection (Volume 7, Issue 1)

Received: 27 February 2017 Accepted: 13 April 2017 Published: 16 March 2018

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Eastern slopes of Mount Kenya experienced widespread horticultural crop production after the establishment of Horticultural Crops Development Agency (HCDA) packing facilities within the region in the early 2000s. Favourable soils and climatic conditions triggered by growing export market demands have led to the changing patterns of agricultural land use practices in Mt. Kenya east region. The focus is now shifting to agro-diversification and land use intensification practices. The growing horticultural farming business in this region is impacting subsistence production, resource use as well as livelihood dynamics. This paper assesses the implications of climate change adaptation measures on household food security, gender roles and land management activities within the context of horticultural produce land use practices. The findings ascertain that the region’s increasing agro-diversification activities are both coping strategies to the climate related changes and the social, political as well as economic transformations ushered in by devolution.

Published in	American Journal of Environmental Protection (Volume 7, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajep.20180701.11
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Kibetu Dickson Kinoti

Department of Arts and Humanities, Chuka University, Chuka, Kenya
Colbert Mutiso Jackson

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Eastern Africa Baraton, Eldoret, Kenya
Mwangi Joyce Muthoni

Digital Mapping Section, Galaxy Geo-Consultancy Services Inc, Embu, Kenya

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