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Social differentiation and adaptive capacity to climate change among a pastoral and agropastoral community in the Northern Rift of Kenya: A Case study of Il Ngwesi Group Ranch community members

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The report characterizes adaptive capacity as a socioeconomic and technical process where a suite of practices are embedded within broader livelihood strategies. The output of this work is based on ethnographic methods: Focus group discussions, key informant interviews, semi structured interviews and participant observation. The study primarily uses qualitative and inductive methods to unpack how adaptive capacity is social differentiated in unfolding new practices.
    Publication year

    2017

    Authors

    Nganga, T.W.

    Language

    English

    Keywords

    social changes, climate change, adaptation, pastoralisms

    Geographic

    Kenya

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