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Climate change adaptation strategies and its impact on household vulnerability to food insecurity: a micro-level evidence from Southwest Ethiopia

dc.contributor.authorBegashaw, A.
dc.contributor.authorKetema, M.
dc.contributor.authorMehare, A.
dc.contributor.authorYami, M.
dc.contributor.authorFeleke, S.
dc.contributor.authorAbdoulaye, T.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-12T13:53:55Z
dc.date.available2024-07-12T13:53:55Z
dc.date.issued2024-07-06
dc.identifier.citationBegashaw, A., Ketema, M., Mehare, A., Yami, M., Feleke, S. & Abdoulaye, T. (2024). Climate change adaptation strategies and its impact on household vulnerability to food insecurity: a micro-level evidence from Southwest Ethiopia. Sustainability, 16: 5766, 1-16.
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/8493
dc.description.abstractSmallholder farmers in Ethiopia face increasing challenges from climate change and variability, which threaten their food security and livelihoods. This study examines how adopting single and combined climate change adaptation practices affects their vulnerability to food insecurity in Bench Maji Zone, southwest Ethiopia. Through multistage sampling, data was gathered from 390 rural households in four climate-prone districts. The study examines the impacts resulting from both individual and combined implementations of adaptation techniques. These techniques encompass crop management practices, soil and water conservation measures, and livelihood portfolio diversification strategies. The study employed the multinomial endogenous treatment effect regression model to address selection bias and endogeneity resulting from various sources of heterogeneity, whether observed or unobserved. The results show that farmers who adopted adaptation practices were less vulnerable to food insecurity than those who did not. The study also finds that adopting multiple practices has a more significant impact than adopting single practices. Our findings suggest that implementing climate change adaptation strategies can increase the resilience of smallholder farmers in the study area and decrease their vulnerability to food insecurity. The study recommends supporting farmers in adopting these strategies through research and development, information dissemination, and collaborations among farmers, researchers, and extension services.
dc.description.sponsorshipMizan Tepi University
dc.format.extent1-16
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectClimate Change Adaptation
dc.subjectFood Security
dc.subjectVulnerability
dc.subjectBiological Rhythms
dc.subjectSmallholder Farmers
dc.subjectEthiopia
dc.titleClimate change adaptation strategies and its impact on household vulnerability to food insecurity: a micro-level evidence from Southwest Ethiopia
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.affiliationMizan Tepi University
cg.contributor.affiliationEthiopian Economics Association
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeSocial Science and Agribusiness
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgribusiness
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectClimate Change
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectSmallholder Farmers
cg.journalSustainability
cg.notesOpen Access Journal
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su16135766
cg.iitaauthor.identifierShiferaw Feleke: 0000-0002-0759-4070
cg.iitaauthor.identifierTahirou Abdoulaye: 0000-0002-8072-1363
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cg.identifier.issue5766
cg.identifier.volume16


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