Climate-smart agricultural practices for improved livelihoods of small-scale farmers in Ethiopia

While Ethiopia contributes only 0.53% to global greenhouse gas emissions, the effect of climate change on the livelihoods of Ethiopian smallholder farmers, who have weak adaptive capacity, is adverse. Ethiopia’s climate projections show continued warming and unpredictable changes in rainfall pattern...

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Autores principales: Hagos, Fitsum, Haileslassie, Amare
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Water Management Institute 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149287
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description While Ethiopia contributes only 0.53% to global greenhouse gas emissions, the effect of climate change on the livelihoods of Ethiopian smallholder farmers, who have weak adaptive capacity, is adverse. Ethiopia’s climate projections show continued warming and unpredictable changes in rainfall patterns. The country is characterized by the frequency of droughts and other extreme events affecting agriculture, health and water. Projections indicate that climate change will reduce the productivity of the agriculture sector in the coming decades. Agriculture is recognized as a highly vulnerable sector to climate change, and the risks from climatic variations pose an imminent danger to food security and sustainability of livelihoods globally, requiring climate-smart adaptation interventions.
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spelling CGSpace1492872025-11-07T08:25:57Z Climate-smart agricultural practices for improved livelihoods of small-scale farmers in Ethiopia Hagos, Fitsum Haileslassie, Amare climate-smart agriculture agricultural practices smallholders farmers livelihoods climate change impacts resilience vulnerability households poverty food insecurity food security calories dietary diversity small-scale irrigation subsistence farming climate change adaptation climate change mitigation strategies policies stakeholders While Ethiopia contributes only 0.53% to global greenhouse gas emissions, the effect of climate change on the livelihoods of Ethiopian smallholder farmers, who have weak adaptive capacity, is adverse. Ethiopia’s climate projections show continued warming and unpredictable changes in rainfall patterns. The country is characterized by the frequency of droughts and other extreme events affecting agriculture, health and water. Projections indicate that climate change will reduce the productivity of the agriculture sector in the coming decades. Agriculture is recognized as a highly vulnerable sector to climate change, and the risks from climatic variations pose an imminent danger to food security and sustainability of livelihoods globally, requiring climate-smart adaptation interventions. 2024-07-26 2024-07-29T04:46:16Z 2024-07-29T04:46:16Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149287 en Open Access application/pdf International Water Management Institute Hagos, Fitsum; Haileslassie, Amare. 2024. Climate-smart agricultural practices for improved livelihoods of small-scale farmers in Ethiopia. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 8p. (IWMI Water Issue Brief 31) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2024.223]
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agricultural practices
smallholders
farmers
livelihoods
climate change impacts
resilience
vulnerability
households
poverty
food insecurity
food security
calories
dietary diversity
small-scale irrigation
subsistence farming
climate change adaptation
climate change mitigation
strategies
policies
stakeholders
Hagos, Fitsum
Haileslassie, Amare
Climate-smart agricultural practices for improved livelihoods of small-scale farmers in Ethiopia
title Climate-smart agricultural practices for improved livelihoods of small-scale farmers in Ethiopia
title_full Climate-smart agricultural practices for improved livelihoods of small-scale farmers in Ethiopia
title_fullStr Climate-smart agricultural practices for improved livelihoods of small-scale farmers in Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Climate-smart agricultural practices for improved livelihoods of small-scale farmers in Ethiopia
title_short Climate-smart agricultural practices for improved livelihoods of small-scale farmers in Ethiopia
title_sort climate smart agricultural practices for improved livelihoods of small scale farmers in ethiopia
topic climate-smart agriculture
agricultural practices
smallholders
farmers
livelihoods
climate change impacts
resilience
vulnerability
households
poverty
food insecurity
food security
calories
dietary diversity
small-scale irrigation
subsistence farming
climate change adaptation
climate change mitigation
strategies
policies
stakeholders
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