Table 3 Main three constraints (−) and opportunities (+) identified for the study sites
From: Perceived climate change impacts and adaptation responses in ten African mountain regions
Constraints (number of sites) | Opportunities (number of sites) | BAM | ITO | KIG | NYU | KIB | BAL | KEN | ABE | KIL | UDZ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Physical aspects | ||||||||||||
Land is limited | 7 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | ||||
Road infrastructure is limited (market access) | 3 | − | − | − | ||||||||
Water is limited/is abundant | 2 | 4 | + | + | − | + | − | + | ||||
Economic aspects | ||||||||||||
Lack access to credit | 8 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | |||
Governance/institutions | ||||||||||||
Limited capacity to self-organize/organized already | 2 | 5 | − | − | + | + | + | + | + | |||
Existing national agricultural policies | 1 | − | ||||||||||
External actors present and perceived as helpful | 6 | + | + | + | + | + | + | |||||
Knowledge, awareness, technology | ||||||||||||
Lack of skills in new technologies | 4 | − | − | − | − | |||||||
Aware of climate change impacts | 9 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | ||
Mobile communications available | 7 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | ||||
Human resource | ||||||||||||
Entrepreneur-experimenting skills exist | 3 | + | + | + | ||||||||
Other | ||||||||||||
Violent conflict limits options | 2 | − | − | |||||||||
