@article{icrisat10157, title = {Assessment of gender and innovations in climatesmart agriculture for food and nutrition security in Kenya: a case of Kalii watershed}, publisher = {Inderscience}, author = {D Nyongesa and A O Esilaba and R Emongor and E Bikketi and K Were}, pages = {109--137}, year = {2017}, volume = {13}, journal = {International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology}, number = {2}, keywords = {Gender; agriculture; watershed; smallholders; food-security; climate-change and variability; decision-making; innovations; livelihoods; assets; improved-leguminous crops}, url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/10157/}, abstract = {Climate-change and variability (CC\&V) exerts multiple stresses on agriculture production. It negatively impacts gender-cadres especially in Kenya?s arid and semi-arid lands that occupy 89\% (area), 36\% (population), 70\% (livestock), and 90\% (wildlife). Smallholders with limited resources endowments have adopted climate-smart agriculture technologies, which are viewed as a panacea to CC\&V in addressing interlinked food-security challenges. This paper reports baseline survey results on 149 randomly selected households in Kalii watershed. Primary and secondary data were collected in March 2015. Data-analyses encompassed regressions, descriptive statistics and gender-analysis. Local perceptions/results revealed precipitations downwardtrend and an upward-trend of temperatures, and other elements, and outcomes of CC\&V. Gender and innovations are statistically significant at (p{\ensuremath{<}}0.05). Decision-making on assets? and proceeds? control and use, was men?s domain. Invariably, gender and climate-smart agriculture innovations are critical in food and nutrition security strategy under CC\&V.} }