Climate Smart Agricultural Practices and Its Implications to Food Security in Siyadebrina Wayu Woreda, North Shewa, Ethiopia
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Climate change poses a major threat to agricultural production and food security in
Ethiopia. Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) is one of the solutions that simultaneously
address the issues of food security, climate change and agricultural productivity. The
objective of this study was to examined trends & variability of temperature and rain fall,
identify local CSA practices, and adoptions. The study was conducted mixed methods
approach, in which 368 randomly selected households were surveyed, 10 key informants
were interviewed, and 6 focus group discussions participants were held. The analysis was
employed based on survey data and a binary logistic regression model was used. Findings
revealed that highly adopted CSA practices were identified in the study area. Those
practices were integrated soil fertility management, crop diversification, crop rotation, and
intercropping. Factors determining CSA practices were also explored such as farming
system, farm size, access to irrigated farm, access to extension service, distance to market,
and access to weather information. The study showed that both maximum and minimum
temperature has been increasing and rainfall had fluctuating trend during the last three
decades. The conclusion is that a large proportion of respondents were aware of most of the
practices, but adoption of the CSA practices examined was very low. Therefore, as a
recommendation sensitization of farmers on reality of climate change and the need to adopt
CSA practices towards reduction of adverse effect of climate change should continue. Policy
and support program should focus on dissemination of CSA practices to a larger proportion
of smallholder farmers.
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Climate smart agriculture, Climate change/ variability, Adoption, Productivity, Food security, Policy