Green Water Credits for Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry in Arid and Semi - Arid Tropics of Kenya

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dc.contributor.author Cush, Ngonzo L.
dc.contributor.author Akombo, Rose A.
dc.contributor.author Shisanya, Chris A.
dc.contributor.author Obando, Joy A.
dc.date.accessioned 2015-02-13T06:27:15Z
dc.date.available 2015-02-13T06:27:15Z
dc.date.issued 2014-04-30
dc.identifier.citation Journal of Agri - Food and Applied Sciences Vol. 2 ( 4 ), pp. 68 - 29 , 30 April , 2014 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2311 - 6730
dc.identifier.uri http://www.ku.ac.ke/schools/humanities/images/stories/docs/Research/green-water-credits-for-sustainable-agriculture-and-forestry-in-arid-and-semi-arid-tropics-of-kenya.pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/898
dc.description.abstract Farmers living in most Arid and Semi-Arid Tropics (ASATs) of Kenya face the great challenge of fetching water from alternative sources to curb the effect of drought on rainfed agriculture and forestry. They recourse to traditional Soil and Water Conservation (SWC) measures and other available technologies for saving blue water. Yet, these technologies have become ineffective, owing to the intensity of water disasters arising from climate change and the unsound management of the catchment’s land and water resources. Hence, Green Water Credits (GWC) schemes have been propounded to be bio- physically needed, technologically possible, politically and socially acceptable, and economically feasible for ensuring adaptation to and mitigation of climate related water disasters. These schemes significantly rely on effective SWC measures, hydro-policies, agro- technologies and Payments for Environmental Services (PES) to mitigate the effects of drought on farming and forestry. This paper reveals the strengths and challenges facing theseschemes in the ASATs of Kenya. Policy makers need to address these issues prior to implementing GWC schemes. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Green water en_US
dc.subject Forestry en_US
dc.subject Semi - Arid Tropics en_US
dc.subject Kenya en_US
dc.title Green Water Credits for Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry in Arid and Semi - Arid Tropics of Kenya en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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