Assessment of Farmers’ Perception of Climate Change and Variability and It’s Implication for Implementation of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices: The Case of Geze Gofa District, Southern Ethiopia
@article{Saguye2017AssessmentOF, title={Assessment of Farmers’ Perception of Climate Change and Variability and It’s Implication for Implementation of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices: The Case of Geze Gofa District, Southern Ethiopia}, author={Tesfaye Samuel Saguye}, journal={Journal of Resources Development and Management}, year={2017}, volume={30}, pages={1-15} }
Smallholder farmers are highly vulnerable to the impacts climate change, due to their dependence on agriculture for their livelihoods, reliance on rain-fed crops and location in marginal lands. Farmers have to perceive first that the climate has changed, and then identify effective and efficient climate change-smart agricultural practices climate and implement them. The main purpose of this study was to analyze factors determining the farming communities’ awareness of climate change and…
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