Mwaura et al. (2024): Do smallholders have a role to play in atmospheric greenhouse gas removal? Insights from western Kenya
Francis M. Mwaura, Margaret W. Ngigi, Gideon Obare IN: Scientific African 24, e02206, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2024.e02206
Despite consensus by the international community on the need for setting targets for reducing emissions or enhancing removal of greenhouse gases, comprehensive strategies for enumerating smallholders’ roles are yet to be designed and tested. Moreover, although smallholders’ role as net greenhouse gas removers has been speculated, evidence of this fact is necessary. A survey of 380 smallholders involved in maize-farming system in four sub-counties of western Kenya representing heterogeneity in agro-ecological zones and postulated biomass cooking energy access and demand was undertaken.