Drought impacts and related risk management by smallholder farmers in developing countries : evidence from Awash River Basin, Ethiopia

dc.contributor.authorZeller, Manfredde
dc.contributor.authorKeil, Alwinde
dc.contributor.authorMurendo, Conradde
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dc.date.available2024-04-08T08:45:56Z
dc.date.created2011-08-30
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractClimate risk studies have largely neglected household coping and adaptation strategies. In this paper we analyze drought impacts, drought risk management, and resulting drought resilience in Awash River Basin of Ethiopia based on socio-economic data collected from 43 randomly selected Peasant Associations. We find that severe drought periods have led to a significant depression of crop yields and to widespread death of livestock in the past. Drought periods have drastically increased the proportion of food insecure households and lengthened the duration of food insecurity in the area. Since, with climate change, drought periods are predicted to become more frequent in this region in the future, the problem of food insecurity is likely to become even more severe. Ex-ante adaptation strategies are widely practised in Awash River Basin and include the storage of crop residues as fodder for livestock, the rearing of drought tolerant livestock, mixed cropping, the use of short duration crop varieties, and the adoption of soil and water conservation practices. Ex-post coping strategies utilized to manage the consequences of drought include the sale of assets and the reliance on consumption loans and support offered by informal networks. Therefore, suitable policies are urgently needed to strengthen farmers? capacity to adapt to and cope with drought. Training farmers in the production and conservation of livestock fodder as well as in soil and water conservation practices appear to be key policy options relevant in the area. Moreover, improving farmers? access to climate related information, especially drought forecasts, could improve the timely adoption of effective adaptation measures.en
dc.identifier.swb349687439
dc.identifier.urihttps://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/5512
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-6313
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofseriesForschung zur Entwicklungsökonomie und -politik / Research in development economics and policy; 2010,3
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dc.rights.urihttp://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/doku/lic_ubh.php
dc.subjectDroughten
dc.subjectDrought risk managementen
dc.subjectEthiopiaen
dc.subject.ddc630
dc.subject.gndÄthiopiende
dc.subject.gndTrockenheitde
dc.subject.gndKleinbauerde
dc.subject.gndRisikomanagementde
dc.titleDrought impacts and related risk management by smallholder farmers in developing countries : evidence from Awash River Basin, Ethiopiade
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local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlaceUniversität Hohenheimde
local.export.bibtex@techreport{Zeller2010, url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/5512}, author = {Zeller, Manfred and Keil, Alwin and Murendo, Conrad et al.}, title = {Drought impacts and related risk management by smallholder farmers in developing countries : evidence from Awash River Basin, Ethiopia}, year = {2010}, school = {Universität Hohenheim}, series = {Forschung zur Entwicklungsökonomie und -politik / Research in development economics and policy}, }
local.export.bibtexAuthorZeller, Manfred and Keil, Alwin and Murendo, Conrad et al.
local.export.bibtexKeyZeller2010
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local.faculty.number2de
local.institute.number490de
local.opus.number631
local.series.issueNumber2010,3
local.series.titleForschung zur Entwicklungsökonomie und -politik / Research in development economics and policy
local.universityUniversität Hohenheimde
local.university.facultyFaculty of Agricultural Sciencesen
local.university.facultyFakultät Agrarwissenschaftende
local.university.instituteInstitute for Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences in the Tropics and Subtropicsen
local.university.instituteInstitut für Agrar- und Sozialökonomie in den Tropen und Subtropende

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