2. Enhancing Adaptive Capacity and Equity

Factors Affecting Effectiveness of AdaptationStrategies during El Nino (Pulhin et al 2009)Predictors Crop Yield 1 HH Income 2 Farm water 3Financial barrier 49.75Socio‐cultural barrier 7.04 38.65Technological barrier 12.9 24.04Institutional barrier ‐14.4Other barriers ‐11.9R Square 0.52 0.39 0.34R 0.72 0.63 058 0.58(Constant) 22.21 40.80 30.03• To a certain extent, the presence of financial, socio-cultural andtechnological barriers may not necessarily limit the effectiveness ofadaptation strategies• Absence of /reduced institutional and other barriers tend to facilitateeffective adaptation14