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    Rural Household Vulnerability to Climate Change and Adaptation Options of North Shoa Zone, Oromia Region,
    (Addis Ababa University, 2013-07) Jima, Yeshi; Simane, Belay (PhD)
    The study assess es the extent of rural household vulnerability to climate change by applying Vulnerability as Expected Pover ty (VEP) approach and analyses adaptation options used by applying multinomiallogit model. The VEP approach is based on estimating the probability that a given shock or set of shocks moves household consumption below poverty line or force th em to stay there if they are already below pove rty line . Multinomial logit model is based on th e probability that households choices one method Fom multiple options to adapt to the negative impacts of climate change. Th e data was collected Fom rural ftlrming households in Kuyu, Degem and Wara Jarso Woredas of North Shewa zone of Or0111ia regional state during 2011 production season. The study r esult indicates that Fom the total sample household 62. 5 percent of the them are vulnerable to poverty, whereas 59.17 percent of them are poor. Moreover the sources of vuln er ability indicates that about 52.92 percent of the households are vulnerable to poverty due to low consumption mean and about 9.58 percent of them are vulnerable due to high consumption in stability. It was also observed Fom the study result that hOllsehold head age, gender of household head, education level, land size, livestock size, farm income, non-ftlrm income, irrigation size, ilrub , fertilizer use, insecticide and pesticide use and adaptation reduce household vulnerability to climate change, whereas family size, idir und mahiber lend to increase household vulnerability to climate change. Access to extension services, all weather roads, credit and market also reduces household vulnerability to poverty. The adaptation methods identified include use of irriga tion, change of planting date and plough system, use of traditional and improved crop variety , and innovative adaptation method. In this study level of education, gender, age, land size, fttrm in come, nonfarm income, livestock size , access to credit, access to market, access to extension, access to all weather roads and social institution considered as ftlctors that influence the farmers use of adaptation method. The analysis reveals that these variables influence ftmners' use of adaptation method. This study sugges ts that raising awareness of climate change, encouraging farmers to use different innovative adaptation method, increasing availability of improved crop and livestock species, expansion of irrigation use, non farm income opportunities, access to credit and extension services are possible intervention areas to reduce ho usehold vulnerability. Key words : Vulnerability, climat e change, adaptation and vulnerability as Expected Poverty .