Abstract:
A cross-sectional analysis was carried out to evaluate how farmers in
Kyuso District have perceived climate change. Data was collected from
246 farmers from six locations sampled out through a multistage and
simple random sampling procedure. The logistic regression analysis
was carried out to assess factors influencing farmers’ perceptions of
climate change. The analysis revealed that 94% of farmers in Kyuso
District had a perception that climate was changing. In this regard,
age of the household head, gender, education, farming experience,
household size, distance to the nearest input/output market, access to
irrigation water, local agro-ecology, access to information on climate
change, access to extension services, off farm income and change in
temperature and precipitation were found to have significant influence
on the probability of farmers to perceive climate change. Since the level
of perception to climate change revealed by the study was found to be
high (94%), the study suggests that more policy efforts should thus be
geared towards helping farmers to adapt to climate change.
