A Historical Investigation of Sustainability of Climate Smart Agriculture to Poverty Stricken Kenyans, 2017-2024

Abstract

The paper examined a historical investigation of sustainability of climate smart agriculture by poverty-stricken Kenyans. Its emphasis began globally in 2009, with an aim of carbon sequestration, and ecological balance, until it was launched in Kenya in 2017. The objective was to assess sustainability of the climate smart agriculture by the poverty-strickensmallholder agriculturalists in Kenya between 2017 and 2024. In the Literature review section; this paper employed the social ecological resilience theory to investigate the interconnectedness of social and ecological systems in agriculture, building flexible agricultural systems that can adapt to changing environmental conditions and societal needs. The methods included the collection and synthesis of both secondary and archival data sources. The study significantly allowed investigation on whether the poverty-stricken people could sustain the climate smart agriculture without the government interventions by controlling, monitoring, managing the already established agricultural projects and support due to its demand on ecological balance, contribute to the historiography of climate smart agriculture in Kenya to the future scholars from Green House Gas Emission. The research was justified, since it chose the vulnerable people of Kenya because of their characteristics that hardly allow them to ensure ecological balance due to insufficient funds, monoculture practices, and the aim was to improve the smallholder farmers who are unable to withstand the ecological balance. The data derived from sources showed that the Kenyan government give fund through FLLOCA-Kenya among others, but the underprivileged had poor maintenance, inability to continue with the already established projects, hence the inaccessibility of climate smart practices and technologies, such as, livestock keeping, cropping, fishery, forestry, mulching, genetic diversity, machineries, solar powered irrigation, participating in research, extension, and education. The study recommends that, the Kenyan government should formulate durable projects when funding, and incorporate both traditional and new mechanisms for food security.