Smallholder Farmers Vulnerability Level to Climate Change Impacts and Implications to Agricultural Production in Tigray Regional State, Northern Ethiopia
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2019Author
Alemu, Addisu
Olago, Daniel
Wandiga, Shem
Oriaso, Silas
Amwata, Dorothy A
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Vulnerability to climate change impact is the most pressing issues for less developed countries whose economy
mainly depends on the agricultural sector. The demand for food is growing swiftly whereas impacts of climate
change on the global food production are increasing. More area specific research outputs and evidences-based policy
directions are needed to tackle the ever changing climate and to reduce its impacts on the agricultural production.
The aim of this study was to investigate subsistence farmer household‟s vulnerability level to climate change impacts
and its associations with household‟s agricultural production. Then primary data was collected from 400 households
from Kolla Temben District, Tigray Regional State, North Ethiopia. Multistage sampling techniques were applied to
select households for interview from the district. In the first stage, 4 Kebelles (Kebelle - administration unit) were
selected randomly out of 27 Kebelles and then400 households were selected for interview through systematic
random sampling techniques (Figure 1). Multiple regressions were used to examine the associations between
household‟s vulnerability to climate change impacts and agricultural production. Grounded theory and content
analysis techniques were use to analyze data from key informant interviews and focus group discussions. For every
single unit increase in household vulnerability to climate change impacts, there was an average agricultural
production decrease between 16.99 and 25.83 (Table 4). For single unit increase in household‟s vulnerability to
climate change impact, there was a decrease of total crop production, Total income, total livestock, total food
consumption and food consumption per adult equivalent. Rainfall decrease, small farmland ownership, steep
topography, frequent flood occurrences and large family size are among the major factors that negatively affect
household‟s agricultural production and total income. The more the vulnerable the households, the less in total
annual crop production, total livestock size, total income from agricultural production and the more dependent on
food aid). There is a negative association between household‟s vulnerability level to climate change impacts and
agricultural production (crop production, total livestock ownerships and total income from crop production). More
access to irrigation and agricultural fertilizers, improved varieties of crops, small family size, improve farmland
ownership size, more access to education and Agricultural Extension services are an effective areas of intervention
to improve household‟s resilient, reduce households vulnerability level to climate change impacts and increase
household‟s total agricultural production.
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https://ideas.repec.org/a/arp/jacarp/2019p237-250.htmlhttp://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/155411
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Addisu A, Olago D, Wandiga S, Oriaso S, Amwata DA. "Smallholder Farmers Vulnerability Level to Climate Change Impacts and Implications to Agricultural Production in Tigray Regional State, Northern Ethiopia." Journal of Agriculture and Crops, Academic Research Publishing Group . 2019; 5(12): 237-250.Publisher
University of Nairobi
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