Local Vulnerability to Climate Change and Farmers' Adaptation ' Strategies: The case of Choke Mountain watershed, Eastern Gojjam zone
| dc.contributor.advisor | Simane, Belay (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Belay, Fenet | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-21T09:15:54Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T09:25:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-09-21T09:15:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T09:25:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Rural poor in developing countries including Ethiopia are the most vulnerable community to climate change impacts because they depend mainly on climate sensitive economy. /-fence this research allempted to assess the local vulnerability to climate change and farmers' adaptation strategies in five dominant agro ecologies of Choke Mountain watershed of Eastern Gojjam zune. The study attempted to examine farmers' perception towards climate change, their vulnerability (exposure, adaptive capacity and sensitivity) status and the adaptation strategies undertaken to cope with and reduce the impact of climate change and related hazards. To achieve the objects set, necessary data were collected ./i"om sample kebeles through different techniques. Due to time and budget constraint, the researcher selected only 10% of total kebele 's household. Thus, the total sample respondents of the study area were, 100 in number. The study used integrated assessment approach capturing diverse drivers (biophysical and socioeconomic) of outcomes to assess vulnerabilil)l of the study to climate change. Descriptive statistics was used to investigate farmers' perception and the adaptation strategies undertaking in the study area. Whereas, LVJ-JPCC index was used to examine the vulnerability status. The result confirmed that the majority of sample households perceived climate change and as the impact of climate change was CJffecting their livelihood in many different directions. Even though farmers who perceive climate change, have been undertaking various adaptation strategies, such as irrigatiun, livelihood diversification, planting trees, soil and water conservation, the result shows as it was not satisfactolY and insufficient, and need.s' to be enhanced. The LVI-I PCC, index showed as the relatively most vulnerable ecosystems were, the hilly and mountainous areaA ES5 (DI kelemo) and the lowland area AESI (Kurar) whereas, the midland plainly kebeles (Yemezegn and MI berhan) relatively less vulnerable area, and the slopping land (Enerata) as moderately vulnerable to climate change, Generally, ./i"oll1the result of the study it can be concluded that the area is exposed to climate change and extremes due to loll' adaptive capacity of the area, thus high emphasis should be taken either by government or by the communities 10 reduce the impact,, Key words: climate chaenge, vulnerability, exposure, adaptive capacity and selectivity | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/12079 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | climate challenge | en_US |
| dc.subject | vulnerability exposure | en_US |
| dc.subject | adaptive capacity (111(/ sellsilivi(y | en_US |
| dc.title | Local Vulnerability to Climate Change and Farmers' Adaptation ' Strategies: The case of Choke Mountain watershed, Eastern Gojjam zone | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |