Crops & Livestock as food ecosystem services | ||
Reactive adaptation measures | Practical examples | Community preference |
Improved seeds and breeds including | Growing low water requirement crops e.g. Kales, onions, sorghum etc. | 24% |
Keeping aridly indigenous livestock e.g. Camels, Galla goats, Dorper sheep, Sahiwal bulls. | ||
Increase in horticulture & fruits production that give consistent income. | ||
Enhanced pest & disease control | Epidemic control in livestock i.e. Rift Valley fever, and East Coast fever that are both climate related | 14% |
Frequent training sessions for resource users | 11% | |
Pasture reestablishment and hay storage for livestock | 9.7% | |
Modern irrigation technology and water harvest | 13% |