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Adapting to a Changing Environment

Young Volunteers for the Environment

Nairobi, 肯尼亚

An Overview Of Our Solution

Who is this solution impacting?
社区类型
Rural
Rural
Additional Information
  • Population Impacted:
  • Continent: Africa
General Info

地址

61067
Nairobi
254
肯尼亚

电子邮件

yvekenya@gmail.com
Problem

受影响的人口

500000

尺寸

1/2 of Kenya

主要职业

Farming

社区所依赖的本地资源,以及用于什么目的

Forest; food supplys as maize, beans, millet, wheat;

对资源的本地威胁

Deforestation, development, droughts, flooding, soil exhaustion farming patterns, community and political conflicts

气候危害

>Flooding as a result of irregular weather patterns >Drought due to climate change >Famine due to poor crop yields >Political instability due to conflicts of resources >Poverty due to lack of resource generating activities like fishing and crop farming >Impoverished health due to inadequate nutritional value >Insecurity due to massive rural urban migration in search of jobs to provide daily bread

敏感度等级

Reduced crop yield to unsustainable levels Reduced animal products and animal production Conflicts within communities due to limited resources and effects of communal resources.

适应能力水平

>By mental and culture change through knowledge empowerment of climate change adaptive farming and farming technologies >By provision of training and training materials for climate change adaptive farming and farming technologies.
Solution

Organizing workshops and forming small working groups which will enable the communities have first hand information on the climate change adaptive farming technologies. Education through social media on social media climate change adaptive farming technology and statistics on food production Organizing field days where we can be having regular visits to farmers homes to enlighten and educate them on their farming practices. Organizing community barazas through the village elders to educate community members,

Results

生态成本

Improve soil fertility by encouraging use of compost manure and climate adaptive crops. Cost- 200$ per farmer

生态效益

Increased forest cover by rehabilitation and afforestation. Cost- 70$ per farmer

用于衡量效益的经济指标

Percentage increase in forest cover. Better crop yield.

社区/社会成本

Monthly follow up to farmers with climate adaptive farming technologies. Cost- 100$ for every 5 farmers Weekly attendance of barazas organized by volunteers to curb conflicts. Cost- 100$ per month

社区/社会福利

Increased crop yield due to increased awareness levels. Conflict resolution due to sufficient resources.

用于衡量福利的社区/社会指标

Number of community members willing to adapt the new farming technologies. Increased crop yield. Improved living standards due to sustainable income generating farming activities.

经济成本

Climate change adaptive farming tools Cost- 10,000$ Organizing workshops/conflict resolution trainings. Cost- 1000$ Per community Field trips to the farms for volunteers. Cost-150$ every 3 times a week.

经济效益

Increased income generation channels Increased crop yield Increased revenue Increased food security

用于衡量效益的生态指标

Variety of crop yield Monthly crop yield audits Increased food security Reduced level of malnutrition

您的社区在实施此解决方案时面临哪些挑战?

Community attitude- can be overcome by personal interaction and demonstrations to the locals on the direct benefits of this climate change adaptive farming practices. Insecurity- by involving local community leaders Language barrier- by identifying responsible members of the community and having a discipleship programme for training the rest. Illiteracy- use of simple and easily comprehensive climate change adaptive farming practices.

Action

描述用于开发解决方案的基于社区的流程,包括使用的工具和流程

Through social media sensitization of young farmers on climate adaptive farming and farming technologies. This involves training farmers on alternative farming crops which mitigate dangers associated with climate change. This has been effected by local community support organizations which among them include YVE Kenya. This is usually conducted for months before and after planting periods. Also during Agricultural exhibitions and trainings.

关注的气候危害

Drought

您的解决方案如何减少暴露和缓冲/保护受影响的生态系统?

Not Applicable

How has your solution increased the capacity of the ecosystem to adapt to potential climate changes?

Transitioning from habitual farming tools and technologies to climate adaptive farming tools and tools which will improve both crop yield and in effect ensure sustainable development hence mitigating climate change.

您的解决方案如何减少受影响社区的暴露并缓冲/保护受影响的社区?

By eradication of poverty through sustainable income generation capacities and increase in food security and mitigation of climate change.

您的解决方案如何降低受影响社区的敏感性?

By shifting from their habitual farming practices, to climate change adaptive farming the community is able to improve their livelihoods by increasing crop yields, maximizing on income generating methodologies.

您的解决方案如何提高当地社区适应潜在气候变化的能力?

Increased local knowledge on climate adaptive farming technologies and tools. Also, a more enlightened generation in raised which can prolong this culture. Develop strong and active social networks within the community through internet and information materials eg sharing success stories.

Scale

这个解决方案可以在其他地方复制吗?

It can be replicable anywhere in Africa where country s depend on specific regions as the bread basket. W e target the farmers, train and equip them with climate change adaptive farming tools and technologies.

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