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- Title
Vulnerability of Southern Afar pastoralists to climate variability and change, Ethiopia.
- Authors
Fenta, Muluken; Jordaan, Andries; Melka, Yoseph
- Abstract
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. Keywords: climate; irrigation; livestock; pastoralists; vulnerability.
- Subjects
ETHIOPIA; CLIMATE change; IRRIGATION farming; VETERINARY services; HOUSEHOLD surveys; WOMEN'S empowerment
- Publication
Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 2019, Vol 11, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2072-845X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4102/jamba.v11i1.575