dc.contributor.author | Fenta, Muluken | |
dc.contributor.author | Jordaan, Andries | |
dc.contributor.author | Melka, Yoseph | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-24T12:55:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-07-24T12:55:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Fenta, M. et al. 2019. Erratum: vulnerability of Southern Afar pastoralists to climate variability and change, Ethiopia. Jamba: Journal of disaster risk studies. 11(1):1-9. [http://www.jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba] | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1996-1421 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2072-845X (Online) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/35354 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.4102/jamba.v11i1.575 | |
dc.description.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. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | OASIS | en_US |
dc.subject | Climate | en_US |
dc.subject | Irrigation | en_US |
dc.subject | Livestock | en_US |
dc.subject | Pastoralists | en_US |
dc.subject | Vulnerability | en_US |
dc.title | Erratum: vulnerability of Southern Afar pastoralists to climate variability and change, Ethiopia | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |