The Role of Community Managed Watershed for Climate Variability Adaptation in Adwa, in the Case of ‘Mariamshewito’ Watershed
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2014-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Currently, climate change and its impacts is a key issue in Ethiopia. Adaptation to
climate change is making a system suitable to moderate the impact of climate change or
deal with the consequence or to take advantage of new opportunities. In line with this, the
thesis has assessed the role of community managed watershed for climate variability
adaptation in Adwa in the case of mariamshewito Watershed. To address the above
objective, the study uses both qualitative and quantitative data type. In order to collect
valuable information, semi structured questionnaire, focus group discussion, key
informant guide checklist, and observation tools from both primary and secondary data
sources were applied. Similarly, different statistical methods such as percentage of
frequencies, bar graphs, X 2 test, independent and paired sample T-Test and one way
ANOVAs were used. The key finding of the thesis presents that due to different
interventions the livelihood of the community was diversified and enhanced especially;
income, soil fertility, crop productivity, forest, water and food availability become
improved. Even if it has some gaps in the process of implementation such as lack of
linkage between sectors, lack of targeting problem to address the poor, the young and
the women, weak stakeholder linkage. It is concluded that the watershed management
can play a significant role to enhance household’s livelihood and cope with climate
change impacts. Then, to fill the gap and go along the sustainability of the watershed, the study recommended based on the findings.
Keywords: Climate Change, Climate variability Adaptation, Watershed Management,
Livelihood Diversification Index (LDI), ANOVA, Paired and Independent T-Test and Chi-
Square Test.
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Climate Change, Climate variability Adaptation, Watershed Management, Livelihood Diversification Index (LDI), Paired and Independent T-Test and Chi- Square Test