Assessment of Urban and Peri - Urban Agriculture and Forestry for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Mechanism: The Case of Yeka Sub City in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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2020-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Africa next to Nigeria with a population
estimated at 99.39 million out of which over 20.4% live in urban and peri-urban areas.
Ethiopian agriculture is characterized by low productivity. As a result, the country has been
a scene of poverty and persistent food insecurity. To solve this problem assessing urban and
peri urban agriculture and forestry for climate change adaptation and mitigation mechanism
play important role in the livelihoods of urban and peri urban farmers in particular and the
society at large. It helps to realize the relevance of the sector in urban and peri urban poverty
alleviation. The main inspirations of urban and peri urban agriculture and forestry studies
were the need to investigate and understand the forces that drive food insecurity and food
self-reliance. Therefore, this study was conducted in Yeka Sub City of Addis Ababa during the
production season of 2019/20 to assessing urban and peri urban agriculture and forestry for
climate change adaptation and mitigation mechanism and identify socio-economic factors
affecting the urban and peri urban agriculture of the households. A three-stage sampling
technique was employed to select 148 households which participated in urban and peri urban
agriculture and forestry. Both primary and secondary data have been used to generate the
required information. Descriptive statistics tools were employed to analyzed the statistical
data such as percentage, mean, and the like are used in describing the final result. The
objectives of the study were to assess the implication of urban and peri- urban agriculture
and forestry for climate change adaptation and mitigation mechanism in Yeka sub City, and
their roles in livelihoods of urban and peri urban farmer households and urban poverty
alleviation, and to provide empirical evidences on the level of urban and peri urban farmers
awareness on climate change in relation to their farming system. The results of the study
indicated that urban and peri urban agriculture in Yeka sub city has significant influence on
the livelihoods of urban and peri urban households. On the other hand, this research
discusses also the cultivating vegetable crops and cereal crops are the most common
agricultural activities produced by the urban and peri urban farmers. The existing condition
of the forest cover in Yeka sub city is exposed to over clear cutting, deforestation of land for
cultivation and settlement. This study recommends that government should take immediate
steps to establish the institutional setup to facilitate the urban and peri urban forestry and
greening programs
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Urban, Peri urban, Forestry, Climate change, adaptation and Mitigation