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    Determinants of Rural Households’ Resilience Capacity to Land Degradation; The Case of Gubalafto Woreda, North Wollo Zone of Amhara Region, Ethiopia.
    (Addis Ababa University, 2021-06) Tefera, Wasie; Semie, Negussie PhD
    This paper estimates determinants of rural households’ resilience capacity to land degradation in Gubalafto Woreda. Cross-sectional data collected through field survey by involving 361 households, key informants interview and FGD was the base of the study. Sequentially, explanatory mixed-method-research strategy was adopted as a research strategy. Stratified, simple random, and systematic sampling methods were employed to draw the sample from the study population. The data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics (dominantly percentage) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA). Socio-economic characteristics of households, perceived effects of land degradation and copping strategies were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Hence, out of the total 361 surveyed households, 293 (81.2%) replied that they were affected by land degradation. Therefore, households employed different coping strategies in response to the effects of land degradation. These coping strategies include; technical coping strategies, consumption based coping strategies and non-consumption based coping strategies, as response to the effects of land degradation. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was also run to estimate determinants of rural households’ resilience capacity. These latent variables (determinants) of resilience capacity were estimated through observed variables. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) tests of sampling adequacy for all latent variables, except Social Safety Net (SSN) were above 0.5. In addition Bartlett's Tests of Sphericity for each variable (latent) were also significant at different levels, which imply the appropriateness of the model.