Barriers to and determinants of the choice of crop management strategies to combat climate change in Dejen District, Nile Basin of Ethiopia

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作者
Amare Z.Y. [1 ]
Ayoade J.O. [2 ]
Adelekan I.O. [2 ]
Zeleke M.T. [3 ]
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[1] Bahir Dar University, Institute of Disaster Risk Management, Food Security Studies, BahirDar
[2] University of Ibadan, Department of Geography, Faculty of the Social Sciences, Ibadan
[3] Debre Tabor University, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Debre Tabor
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Agriculture & Food Security | / 7卷 / 1期
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Adaptation; Climate change impact; Crop management practices; Nile Basin of Ethiopia;
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10.1186/s40066-018-0188-y
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Background: Climate change without adaptation is projected to impact strongly the livelihoods of the rural communities. Adaptation to climate change is crucial for least developed country like Ethiopia due to high population and dependency on agriculture. Hence, this study was initiated to examine the barriers to and determinants of the choice of crop management strategies to combat climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concepts of climate change response provided the framework. Stratified and snowball sampling techniques were employed to select a sample of 398 households. The household survey was employed to collect data on current adaptation strategies. Logistic regression was used to analyse the determinants of the choice of adaptation strategies. Logistic regression analyses were carried out at p ≤ 0.05. Results: Small farmland size, agro-ecology, farmland location, financial constraints, and lack of skills were the major barriers to adoption of crop management strategies. Age, farming experience, income, family size, government experts' extension services, agro-ecology setting, and crop failure history of households significantly affect the choice of most of the crop management strategies. Conclusions: Socio-economic and institutional factors determined rural communities' ability and willingness to choose effective adaptation strategies. Policy priority should be given based on agro-ecology and households demand of policy intervention such as providing extension services and subsidizing the least adopted strategies due to financial constraints. © 2018 The Author(s).
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