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Gender and Climate Change

Domaine:

climateagriculture
Créateur:
Deb
Éditeur:
Jou
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The majority Ethiopian women are largely engaged in the agricultural sector, which is  highly vulnerable to climate changes. This study, aims at analyzing the determinants of  female  farmers’  adaptation  measures  of  climate  change  in  the  Atsbi  Womberta.  This article  designed  as  a  cross-sectional  research  design  and  employed  qualitative  and  quantitative  research  approaches.  Data  was  obtained  from  primary  and  secondary  sources. Moreover, both the probability and non-probability sampling techniques were  employed.  Accordingly,  the  majority  respondents  indicated  that  there  is  a  perceived  change in climate. Thus, this article found that 11 major adaptive mechanism to climate  change. The result from the binary logistic model reveals that age, access to training,  farming experience, access to credit service, radio and mobile services determines female  farmers' adaptive methods to climate change. Finally, the article recommends greater investment  in  female  farmer  education  and  training  to  address  the  above  mentioned challenges.