Questions Response (%)
Meki Melkassa Mieso Ziway Average
Access to climate information
Yes 58 60 50 76 61
No 42 40 50 24 39
Climate information service
1977s 2 0 0 4 1
1987s 4 2 2 4 3
1997s 24 42 10 28 26
since 2007 28 16 38 40 31
Type of climate information      
Daily weather forecast 56 46 32 64 50
Ten day weather forecast 2 14 14 10 10
Monthly weather Forecast 0 0 0 0 0
Seasonal weather forecast 0 0 4 2 1
Sources of climate information
Television 6 4 0 4 4
Radio 52 48 40 46 46
Development Agents (DAs) 0 0 2 2 1
Neighbors 0 2 2 4 2
Village leaders 0 4 0 2 1
TV, Radio & DA 0 0 0 18 5
Radio, DA & Sharing with neighbors 0 2 6 0 2
Reason for not accessing climate information
Not aware of climate information services 0 10 6 4 5
Do not know about the role of climate information 0 6 0 0 2
Do not believe that climate information can be helpful in improved decision 6 0 0 0 2
Do not believe that climate can be forecast 16 14 34 4 17
The information given is not credible 16 16 12 14 15
There is no center to be contacted 4 0 0 0 1
TV= Television      DA= Development Agent        
Table 5: Access and source of weather information by farmers (n=200) at four sites in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia.