Climate Change/Variability Impacts on Farmers livelihoods and Adaptation Strategies: In the Case of Ensaro District, Ethiopia

Abirham Cherinet
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Abirham Cherinet: Ethiopian Environment and Forest Research Institute, Central Ethiopia Environment and Forest Research Center, Ethiopia

International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources, 2019, vol. 18, issue 1, 01-07

Abstract: This study identifies the major impacts of climate change and methods used by farmers to adapt the changing climate in Ensaro district, Ethiopia. 124 sample households were selected purposively from three rural kebele’s of the district and most of the respondents have perceived the increasing trend of temperature and the variation of rainfall in duration and intensity. The most significant impacts of climate variability and change as perceived by the local people were shortage of water, flood, landslide, drought, expose to disease, shortage of forage, force to out migrate, famine, loss of livestock and decline in crop yields. Prevalence of newly introduced human, crop and animal diseases, flooding, drying up of rivers and streams, rainfall variability in duration and amount and the variation of onset and offset date of rainfall are the most mentioned indicators of climate change by farmers.

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Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.19080/IJESNR.2019.18.555976

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