Climate Change/Variability, Food Security Status and People’s Adaptation Strategies in Damot Woyde Woreda, Wolayta Zone, Snnpr,Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Singh, K.N. (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bergene, Tegegn | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-03T12:33:37Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-19T12:04:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-03T12:33:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-19T12:04:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The main objective of this paper was investigating climate change/variability, food security status and people’s adaptation strategies in Damot Woyde Woreda. As many as 117 sample households from the two agro-ecological zones of study area were included in the sample frame. Household survey, focus group discussions and key informant interviews were held for collecting data. Basic descriptive statistics were used for assessing quantitative data. Household food balance model (HFBM) and Households food insecurity access scale (HFIAS) were used to determine food availability and accessibility of sample households respectively. The results of the study indicated that 56.4% of households are food secured and the remaining 44.6% are food insecured. The prevalence of food insecurity is more sever in lowland agro-ecology. Food insecured households are characterized by larger family members, smaller out number of livestock, smaller land holding, lower fertility status of land and low productivity and production. Agricultural production varies from one agro-ecological zone to the other due to their varied climatic conditions. Rain fall amount is by far lower in Kolla agro-ecologiy. Frequency of drought and severity of land degradation also are higher in lowland agroecological zone than Dega and average temperature increase in both sample kebeles. The study examined climatic and other related factors of food production. Farmers reported that, erratic rain fall in terms of time and space, drought, land degradation, pest and weed infestation, lack of non-farm activities and lack of access to credits are the more severe constraints in food production. However the levels of severity of the factors were not the same in two sample kebeles rather the impacts of these factors are more sever in lowland kebeles. The study also shows that Decline in atmosphere and surface moisture and prevalence of disease are also the effect of climate change/variability in the study area. Kolla kebele is most vulnerable to malaria. Thus, food security interventions need to support livelihoods in ways that protect resilience of households, and providing direct assistance to ensure households remain resilient to the weak and variable natural situations in which they exist | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/5984 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Geography and Environmental Studies | en_US |
| dc.title | Climate Change/Variability, Food Security Status and People’s Adaptation Strategies in Damot Woyde Woreda, Wolayta Zone, Snnpr,Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |