Assessing the Farmers' Perceptions and Adaptations Strategies to Climate Change and Variability in Bale and East Bale Zones South-eastern Ethiopia
Received Date: Jul 03, 2023 / Published Date: Jul 29, 2023
Abstract
This study was aimed to compare farmers’ perception and adaptation strategies to climate change and variability, its determinants and impacts in East Bale and Bale zone. The study aims to assess farmers’ perception on climate change and variability with their adaptation strategies, to examine the constraints of adapting to climate change/variability and to identify best practices for adaptation measures that farmers are using currently. Purposive and probability sampling method were used to select households. Multi-stage purposive sampling technique was used to select climate related risk kebeles and discussants for the assessment. The station nearby kebeles was selected purposively from highland, midland and lowland districts. Structured and semi-structured questionnaires were distributed for these sample households for interview. Also, factors that influence farmer’s perception of climate change and variability were used for the study areas. Total 58% of farmers interviewed during the survey perceived very much significant climate change in the study areas. About 98% of the farmers perceived planting date was shifted from historically known, whilst 2% was perceived no change in planting date from historical known.
Citation: Tufa ZD (2023) Assessing the Farmers’ Perceptions and Adaptations Strategies to Climate Change and Variability in Bale and East Bale Zones Southeastern Ethiopia. Environ Pollut Climate Change 7: 342. Doi: 10.4172/2573-458X.1000342
Copyright: © 2023 Tufa ZD. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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