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Table 2 Perception of household heads on effects of climatic change
From: The effects of adaptation to climate change on income of households in rural Ethiopia
Effects of climate change | Household’s perception by community group (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pastorals | Semi-pastorals | Agro-pastorals | Mixed-farming | |||||
Moderate | High | Moderate | High | Moderate | High | Moderate | High | |
Recurrent drought | 7.5 | 88.7 | 7.0 | 85.9 | 8.2 | 87.5 | 6.5 | 88.4 |
Lack of animal fodder | 3.6 | 95.6 | 3.5 | 95.5 | 4.3 | 94.0 | 4.1 | 95.0 |
Crop failure | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 86.5 | 10.5 | 85.1 | 11.8 | 83.3 |
Rainfall variability | 8.0 | 85.8 | 4.0 | 88.5 | 10.5 | 87.2 | 6.1 | 89.4 |
Drying of existing streams and rivers | 9.4 | 83.4 | 12.0 | 86.0 | 10.3 | 83.8 | 11.0 | 81.3 |
Scarcity of water | 4.8 | 92.9 | 12.5 | 86.5 | 6.8 | 89.5 | 8.2 | 85.3 |
Temperature change | 8.6 | 87.4 | 7.0 | 89.0 | 7.4 | 91.2 | 2.4 | 91.7 |
Prevalence of human diseases | 5.4 | 91.0 | 5.5 | 92.5 | 9.9 | 87.2 | 3.1 | 93.1 |
Prevalence of animal diseases | 4.4 | 89.5 | 6.8 | 92.0 | 7.4 | 88.1 | 3.7 | 91.2 |
Untimely raining and flooding | 8.4 | 85.3 | 13.5 | 89.5 | 7.9 | 87.7 | 3.0 | 93.0 |
Lack of human food | 9.6 | 83.0 | 12.5 | 86.0 | 6.0 | 88.0 | 4.9 | 87.1 |