Vulnerability of Southern Afar pastoralists to climate variability and change, Ethiopia
Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Vulnerability of Southern Afar pastoralists to climate variability and change, Ethiopia | |
| Creator | Fenta, Muluken Jordaan, Andries Melka, Yoseph | |
| Description | The present study was carried out in the Southern Afar region in Ethiopia to assess the vulnerability of pastoral communities to climate change and variability. A household questionnaire survey was employed to collect data at a household level. A total of 250 pastoral households were sampled using stratified random sampling. The results revealed that 28.8% of the pastoral households were highly vulnerable. Most of the households (53.6%) were moderately vulnerable. Only 17.6% of the households were capable of coping even though there would be a high probability of moving from less vulnerable to a moderate or high vulnerability level in the future if no appropriate adaptive measures would be taken by decision-makers. Policies with emphasis on empowerment of women, such as improving their access to and control over resources through a better institutional set-up; improving irrigation facilities and skills; expanding the participation of pastoral households on irrigation farming; creating opportunities for non-farm income; and improving access to credits, markets, health and veterinary services, are expected to enhance pastoralists’ resilience. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2019-04-18 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/jamba.v11i1.575 | |
| Source | Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies; Vol 11, No 1 (2019); 8 pages 1996-1421 2072-845X | |
| Language | eng | |
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