Climate change and Rural Livelihoods in Northern Ethiopia
Climate change and Rural Livelihoods in Northern Ethiopia
Climate change and Rural Livelihoods in Northern Ethiopia
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Vulnerability of female headed households<br />
Major cause of drought, fam<strong>in</strong>e <strong>and</strong> food <strong>in</strong>security<br />
Wereda<br />
Meket<br />
(N=29)<br />
Raya<br />
(N=40)<br />
Total<br />
(N=69)<br />
Ra<strong>in</strong> failure/erraticity/heat waves 37.9 52.5 46.4<br />
Intensive ra<strong>in</strong>/hailstorm/frost/snow 13.8 5.0 8.7<br />
Diseases <strong>and</strong> pests 6.9 17.5 13.1<br />
L<strong>and</strong> degradation//soil erosion/deforestation 20.7 12.5 15.9<br />
Socio-economic <strong>and</strong> political factors 13.8 7.5 10.1<br />
God’s order 6.9 5.0 5.8<br />
Total 100 100 100<br />
Vulnerability factors/for FHHs<br />
<strong>Climate</strong> (ra<strong>in</strong>fall, temperature, hailstorm) 34.5 50.0 43.5<br />
Nature (natural disasters, God’s will) 17.2 12.5 14.5<br />
Human (household characteristics) <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>stitutional factors 6.9 10.0 8.7<br />
Socio-cultural 10.3 2.5 5.8<br />
Economic limitations (f<strong>in</strong>ancial, technological, l<strong>and</strong>, livestock) 31.1 25.0 27.5<br />
Total 100 100 100<br />
Meket Raya Meket<br />
(N=106) (N=117) (N=223)<br />
Most vulnerable groups<br />
1. The l<strong>and</strong>less 34.9 27.4 30.9<br />
2. Those with few or no livestock 28.3 35.0 31.8<br />
3. Those with large family/high age dependency 12.2 18.0 15.2<br />
4. Women/female headed households (lack of male labour) 18.9 16.2 17.6<br />
5. Others 5.7 3.4 4.5<br />
Total 100 100 100
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