October 10, 2024 Thesis Open Access

Selamyihun Sumye

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  "description": "<p>ABSTRACT<br>\nAdverse effects of climate change are determined not only by the changing climate but also by<br>\nsensitivity of human and natural systems to these changes (Roncoli, et al., 2001). Vulnerability<br>\nand adaptive capacity varies both in space and time. Many factors contribute to vulnerability and<br>\nadaptive capacities, including: physical, political, institutional, financial, market forces, available<br>\ninformation and technologies (Smit &amp; Pilifosova,2003).<br>\nThis study aim to assess livelihood vulnerability of smallholder farmers to climate change and<br>\ntheir adaptation strategies in Wadla Woreda, North Wollo, Ethiopia.. the section of society most<br>\nvulnerable to climate change impacts on food security status and reason behind it to know<br>\nconstraints that aggravate vulnerability to climate change in the woreda, and to identified local<br>\nand institutional adaptation /coping/strategies. Data were collected from 130 respondents through<br>\nHouse hold surveys, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions. Analysis by<br>\ndescriptive and inferential analysis. Using descriptive statistics, multiple regression models for<br>\nthe purpose of socio-economic, extreme weather events (climate related hazards), and<br>\ninstitutional factors significantly influence the food security status of the respondents in the study<br>\narea.<br>\nThe findings indicate respondents food security status in the study area were adversely impacted<br>\nby extreme weather events such as rain fall variability, temperature variability, snow, extreme<br>\ncold, pests and disease, water scarcity, lack of knowledge to predict climate and weather patterns<br>\nand extreme flooding . Factors such as family size, working personnel in the household, number<br>\nof dependency in the house hold, land ownership status, grazing land ownership, distance to all<br>\nweather road, were crucial in influencing the food security status and adaptation of climate<br>\nchange impacts of the house hold in the study area. The study demonstrates that adaptation<br>\npractices, including crop rotation, organic and in organic fertilizers, focus on animal only,<br>\ndiversifying crop and soil and water conservation, use of improved seed ,change the culture of<br>\nproduction were practiced.<br>\nThe coup up mechanisms were remittance, productive safety net program, selling asset,<br>\nminimize size of meal, migration, borrow money from private and governmental institutions e.t.c<br>\nwere practiced in the study area. This study concluded that Wadla woreda were a woreda<br>\ncharacterized by large number of land but land were cultivated by traditional agricultural<br>\npractice and highly influenced by climate change related hazards and the impacts become severe.<br>\nSubsistence crop and animal husbandry farming is not enough to feed the entire household<br>\nsufficiently throughout the year. Therefore, policies should promote initiatives that invest more<br>\nin rural off-farm activities to generate employment to enable households increase their income<br>\nand thus be able to improve their food security status and minimize climate change impacts. This<br>\nstudy recommends strict environmental literacy and adopt the climate smart agricultural practice<br>\nis the only option to combat climate change impacts on the food security status of the society.</p>", 
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  "creator": [
    {
      "affiliation": "Woldia University", 
      "@type": "Person", 
      "name": "Selamyihun Sumye"
    }
  ], 
  "headline": "Assesing the livilehood vulnerablity of smallholder farmers to the changing climate and adaptation strategies in wadla woreda ,northwollo zone.", 
  "image": "https://zenodo.org/static/img/logos/zenodo-gradient-round.svg", 
  "datePublished": "2024-10-10", 
  "url": "https://nadre.ethernet.edu.et/record/11396", 
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  "identifier": "https://doi.org/10.20372/nadre:11396", 
  "@id": "https://doi.org/10.20372/nadre:11396", 
  "@type": "ScholarlyArticle", 
  "name": "Assesing the livilehood vulnerablity of smallholder farmers to the changing climate and adaptation strategies in wadla woreda ,northwollo zone."
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