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Table 3 Association of household’s perception with various adaptation strategies
From: The effects of adaptation to climate change on income of households in rural Ethiopia
Adaptation methods to climate change | Perception of households by community groups (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pastorals | Semi-pastorals | Agro-pastorals | Mixed-farming | Chi2 | P value | |
Livestock mobility | 99.8 | 32.5 | 11.7 | 5.9 | 110.0 | 0.000*** |
Zero grazing | 27.0 | 32.5 | 38.1 | 90.2 | 472.4 | 0.000*** |
Pasturing in own village | 66.2 | 69.0 | 71.0 | 63.9 | 5.3 | 0.154 |
Use of selected breeds | 23.5 | 21.5 | 17.6 | 22.5 | 4.6 | 0.199 |
Livestock diversification | 45.5 | 16.5 | 24.1 | 23.3 | 143.4 | 0.000*** |
Off-farm | 88.3 | 80.0 | 88.5 | 85.5 | 8.3 | 0.040** |
Restocking | 15.8 | 23.0 | 19.0 | 91.0 | 740.0 | 0.000*** |
Destocking | 42.5 | 36 | 33.0 | 41.0 | 9.6 | 0.000*** |
Cropping | 0 | 95.5 | 96.6 | 99.8 | 150.0 | 0.000*** |
Spate irrigation | 12.9 | 79.00 | 81.8 | 94.7 | 47.6 | 0.000*** |
Feed storage | 0 | 3.8 | 44.9 | 51.3 | 48.0 | 0.000*** |