Climate change and sustainability of donor funded dairy projects: A case of Malava Sub-County in Kakamega, Kenya Mr. Olang David Omondi*, Dr. Oduor Ismael Okoth** *Doctorate Program, Department of Open & e-Learning, School of Open, Distance & e-Learning, University of Nairobi **(PhD), Department of Open, Distance & e-Learning, School of Open, Distance & e-Learning, University of Nairobi, Kenya Online published on 24 October, 2019. Abstract Development partners fund projects as a means of reducing poverty, improving nutritional status and income generation for poor communities in most third world countries. This approach to livelihood improvement has over the years led to donor funded many successful dairy projects in many African countries. In Kenya, for instance success of dairy projects has been influenced by a wide variety of agro-ecological conditions conditions. For instance variability in weather patterns is one such important factor that influence success of most donor funded dairy projects. The study sought to investigate this relationship. The objective of the study was therefore to determine the extent climate change influence sustainability of donor funded smallholder farmer dairy projects in Malava Sub-County in Kakamega, Kenya. The study adopted descriptive research design and correlational research design while simple random sampling to get the desired sample size of 317 subjects selected from a study population of 1, 834 elements out of which 1, 800 were smallholder farmers while 34 were project staff and stakeholders spread out in 7 administrative wards in Malava Sub-County in Kakamega, Kenya. A sample of 317 smallholder farmers were selected using Krejcie and Morgan(1970) sample size determination table while the 34 project staff were selected using censors approach to give a sample of 351. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistical analysis into frequencies, mean scores and standard deviations while linear regression and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient analysis were used to make inferences and generalizations. Qualitative data analyses was also used to analyse narative data. p-value method at 0.05 significant level was used for hypothesis testing and make conclusion of the relationship between climate change and sustainability of donor funded dairy projects in Malava Sub-County in Kakamega, Kenya. Analysis showed r = 0.385, F (1, 272) = 46.5, R2 = 0.1449 at p = 0.01 < 0.05, H0 was rejected and it was concluded that climate change has influence on sustainability of donor funded dairy project in Malava sub-county, Kakamega, Kenya. It is recommended that climate resilient mitigation starategies be adopted to cushion low income dairy farmers in sustainaing funded dairy projects against milk production losses. Top Keywords Climate change, Agroecological zones, Smallholder farmers Sustainability of donor funded dairy projects. Top |