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Impact and adaptation of climate variability and change on small-holders and agriculture in Ethiopia: A review by Mulat Shibabaw Demem is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
Ethiopia is highly vulnerable to climate variability and change due to depend on the rain-fed agricultural system. The paper provides comprehensive review of impact and adaptation of climate variability and change on small-holder farmers and agriculture in Ethiopia. The study used secondary data from journal articles, books and technical reports, and discussed and organized with desk review. The study explored that climate variability and change has significantly affected crop and livestock production, fisheries and aquaculture, and food security. The study found that over 38 million people seriously interrupted from their living condition associated to climate related crises since 2000s up to 2010s in Ethiopia. Locust upsurge with the pest spreads reduces 1,228,352, 1,026,132 and 843,241 quintals of cereal crop productions in Oromia, Somali and Tigray regions of Ethiopia, respectively in 2020 production year. Drought declined 26% of number of cattle herd sizes in Dire and Yabelo District, Borana zone, southern Ethiopia in 2010/2011year. Although Effect of climate variability and change has become a serious problem on crop cultivation, pastoralism, and agro-pastoralism in Ethiopia,
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- Author
- Mulat Shibabaw Demem
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Physical Sciences)