Impact of drought-tolerant maize and maize–legume intercropping on the climate resilience of rural households in Northern Uganda

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen_US
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen_US
cg.coverage.countryUgandaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UGen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierKelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074Xen_US
cg.creator.identifierChris Miyinzi Mwungu: 0000-0001-6181-8445en_US
cg.creator.identifierCaroline Mwongera: 0000-0002-4866-9526en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-814820-4.00015-8en_US
cg.isbn978-0-12-814820-4en_US
cg.issn2542-7946en_US
cg.subject.ciatCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONen_US
dc.contributor.authorShikuku, Kelvin Mashisiaen_US
dc.contributor.authorMwungu, Chris Miyinzien_US
dc.contributor.authorMwongera, Carolineen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-03T15:51:49Zen_US
dc.date.available2019-10-03T15:51:49Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/103954en_US
dc.titleImpact of drought-tolerant maize and maize–legume intercropping on the climate resilience of rural households in Northern Ugandaen_US
dcterms.abstractSeventy percent of all economic losses in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are solely attributed to droughts and floods. A considerable challenge for policy in SSA, therefore, relates to identifying and promoting options that could address climatic shocks. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA)—an approach seeking to sustainably increase agricultural productivity and enhance resilience of households while reducing emissions of greenhouse gases—is an appropriate option. Using a panel dataset from 655 rural households in northern Uganda, this study assessed the effect of two increasingly promoted CSA technologies (drought-tolerant (DT) varieties of maize and maize–legume (M-L) intercropping) on resilience to climatic shocks (drought and unpredictable rainfall). Resilience was estimated using a theory-based approach consistent with recent literature. Two-stage least squares (2SLS) regression with limited information on maximum likelihood was then employed to infer causal effects. Using the Foster–Greer–Thorbecke analogy of head count index, we estimate that approximately 10% of the sample households were resilient to climatic shocks in 2017. Estimates from the 2SLS showed that resilience increased by about 9% points, on average, for adopters of DT maize in isolation and 28% points for adopters of a combination of DT maize and M-L intercropping but decreased by about 10% points when farmers practiced M-L intercropping in isolation. Kinship networks increased the likelihood to implement the CSA technologies, whereas prolonged periods of food shortage discouraged adoption. The study discusses policy implications of the results.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationShikuku, K. M.; Mwungu, C. M.; Mwongera, C. (2019). Impact of drought-tolerant maize and maize–legume intercropping on the climate resilience of rural households in Northern Uganda. In: Mapedza, E.; Tsegai, D. Bruntrup, M. & Mcleman, R. (Edit). Drought Challenges. Elsevier, Vol. 2. pp. 221-234.en_US
dcterms.extentp. 221-234en_US
dcterms.issued2019en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.publisherElsevieren_US
dcterms.subjectclimate-smart agricultureen_US
dcterms.subjectagricultura climáticamente inteligenteen_US
dcterms.subjectdroughten_US
dcterms.subjectsequíaen_US
dcterms.subjectlivelihoodsen_US
dcterms.subjectresilienceen_US
dcterms.subjectresiliencia frente a impactos y crisisen_US
dcterms.typeBook Chapteren_US

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