| Résumé: |
Millions of people are affected by droughts every year in the whole world. The 80,000 smallholder households of Laikipia County, Kenya are particularly susceptible to the consequences of droughts. They are living in arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) and are directly affected by crop losses and death of livestock. Likely, climate change will even increase the frequency and intensity of droughts. Given these prospects, there is a need to build the adaptive capacity of smallholders and to reduce their vulnerability. Following a political economic approach, it is assumed that vulnerability is determined by underlying causes within the political and economic systems which lead to unsafe conditions of the community. If a community is lacking entitlement it is not able to cope with and to adapt to droughts, which in turn can lead to disasters. A case study in four villages in Laikipia County, Kenya has been conducted with the aim to identify root causes of vulnerability and existing adaptation strategies to drought. A livelihood analysis enabled to identify key priorities where action needs to be taken to make the conditions of smallholders safe. |
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