Farmers Coping and Adaptation Mechanisms to PerceivedChangesandVariability in Climate

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dc.contributor.authorOriangi,George
dc.contributor.authorEdekebon,Elaijah
dc.contributor.authorOloge,Daniel Ochieng
dc.contributor.authorBamutaze,Yazidhi
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-18T09:03:37Z
dc.date.available2026-03-18T09:03:37Z
dc.date.issued2024-08-28
dc.description.abstractThere is a growing global concern about the detrimental effects of climatechange and variations on rain-fed agriculture. This study determinedhouseholds’ perceptions of changes and variations in climate and institutional roles in farmers' coping and adaptation mechanisms to changes and variationsin climate in Paicho Sub County (S/C), Gulu district in Northern Uganda. Datawas collected through structured household interviews and analyzedusingregression analysis and descriptive statistics. Findings showed that respondentsperceived rainfall and temperature to be the climatic parameters that hadchanged most with rainfall onset largely unpredictable. The major copingmechanisms to changes and variations in climate included: buying foodfromthe market, exchange of labor for food, and getting food help fromrelatives, community, and food agencies while, the major adaptation mechanismsincluded: getting jobs outside agriculture, adjustment of plantingdates, diversification of production, carrying out mixed cropping, and growingimproved crop and animal varieties. Additionally, the gender (P<0.05), thesizeof the land (P<0.05), and the age of the household head (P<0.05) were foundtobe the mostsignificant factorsinfluencing adaptation mechanisms. Furthermore, the role of existing institutions in community adaptation to changes andvariations in climate included: making decisions on planting time, providingaccess to information relevant to coping and adaptation, providing access tocredit, governing entitlements, and capacity building. In conclusion, thereisaneed for better and new crop varieties that can survive under changed andvariedclimatic conditions, and a need for more enhanced adaptation mechanisms.
dc.description.sponsorshipCARNEGIE Cooperationof New York, through a postdoctoral grant extendedto Dr. Yazidhi Bamutaze of Makerere University. I also acknowledge the financial assistancegranted by the CARNEGIE Cooperation of NewYork through CECAP (ConsolidatingEarlyCareer Academic Program) 2022-2024postdoctoral grant extended to me throughMakerere University that funded costs of publication
dc.identifier.citationOriangi, G., Edekebon, E., Ologe, D. O. & Bamutaze, Y. (2024)
dc.identifier.issn2707-4234
dc.identifier.issn10.37284/2707-4242
dc.identifier.issn2707-4242
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14270/774
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEast African Journal of Environment andNatural Resources
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 7, Issue 1, 2024
dc.subjectPerceptions
dc.subjectClimate change
dc.subjectVariability
dc.subjectCoping
dc.subjectAdaptation
dc.titleFarmers Coping and Adaptation Mechanisms to PerceivedChangesandVariability in Climate
dc.typeArticle

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