Pastoralists under threat continuum: quantifying vulnerabilities of pastoralists to climate variability in southern Ethiopia

Guye, Mekuria; Legesse, Abiyot; Yimer, Mohammed

doi:10.1007/s10708-022-10710-8

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“…Humanitarian services : Humanitarian services reduce vulnerability to climate change. Humanitarian services help households cope with and recover from disasters and crises and protect their rights, dignity and security (Guye et al , 2023). Therefore, policies that enhance humanitarian services, such as increasing funding, coordination and accountability, improving targeting, delivery and monitoring mechanisms, ensuring participation, consultation and feedback of beneficiaries and integrating humanitarian and development interventions, could reduce vulnerability.…”

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Livelihood vulnerability of Borana pastoralists to climate change and variability in Southern Ethiopia

Gatew,

Guyo

2024

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Purpose The purpose of this study results and recommendations will have a paramount significance for policymakers, policy advocates, development planners and practitioners who may be in need of such information for reconsideration, evaluation and inclusion into their respective development and humanitarian programming and operational strategies. Above all, the study result has further provided the local community with viable adaptation strategies to climate-induced changes in the study area. Design/methodology/approach This study was conducted to measure the livelihood vulnerability of Borana pastoralists to climate change and variability in southern Ethiopia. Pastoralists’ households were sampled using multistage sampling techniques. A total of 27 socio-economic and biophysical indicators were used to reflect vulnerability components: adaptive capacity, exposure and sensitivity. Principal component analysis was used to develop weights for indicators and to produce livelihood vulnerability index to classify households according to their level of vulnerability. Ordinal logistic regression was used to identify the determinants of vulnerability to climate-induced stresses. Findings The results showed that 24.4% of households were highly vulnerable, 60.3% were moderately vulnerable and 15.3% of households were less vulnerable to climate-induced stresses. Factor estimates of the logistic model further revealed that early warning information, bush encroachment, coping strategy, temperature, drought frequency, provision of humanitarian services and food shortage during the normal season of the year have a significant influence on vulnerability in the study area. Social implications The study’s results and recommendations will be of great significance to policymakers, development planners, and practitioners who require such information for reconsideration, evaluation, and inclusion in their respective development and humanitarian program and operational strategies. Most importantly, the study’s findings have provided the local community with practical adaptation strategies to climate-induced changes in the study area. Originality/value The study explored pastoralist perception of climate change and variability and measured the livelihood vulnerability of pastoralists’ households to climate change and variability and finally investigated viable adaptation and coping strategies in the study area.

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Livelihood vulnerability of Borana pastoralists to climate change and variability in Southern Ethiopia

Gatew,

Guyo

2024

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Perceptions of and adaptation to climate change in mountainous agro-pastoral communities: The case of the Afghan central highlands

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Keshavarz,

Salari

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Climate Risk Management

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Temporal climate conditions and spatial drought patterns across rangelands in pastoral areas of West Guji and Borana zones, Southern Ethiopia

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Climate change and its variability adversely impact pastoral livelihoods, and understanding climate variability and its change is important to deduce policy implications for pastoral communities. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to investigate the temporal climate conditions and spatial patterns of drought across the rangelands in pastoral areas of West Guji and Borana Zones, Southern Ethiopia. Temporal climate conditions were performed at the rangeland level, and spatial drought patterns (distributions) were estimated across the sample Kebeles (Kebele is the smallest administrative unit in Ethiopia which works in the Duda rangeland) and Reeras (Reeras refer to the smallest customary administrative unit in the Borana Zonal administration) structures. Station-satellite temperature and rainfall data (38 years from 1981 to 2018) were obtained from the Ethiopian Meteorological Agency. For data analysis, the Mann–Kendall trend test was employed to test rainfall, temperature and drought patterns, while Sen’s slope was used to test their magnitude of change, and coefficient of variation was employed to estimate rainfall and temperature variability. Standardized precipitation index was used to estimate drought event, while inverse distance-weighted method was used to estimate spatial drought patterns. The study reveals very high temporal rainfall variability with notable disparities in the rangelands mainly attributed to climate change. Besides, the study area exhibits high spatial variability of drought signifying agro-ecological characteristics in the rangelands. In the Duda and Gomole rangelands, annual rainfall increased non-significantly by 0.01 and 0.03 mm per annum, respectively. The annual minimum temperature in both Duda and Gomole increased significantly by 0.008 and 0.007 ℃ per year, respectively, albeit the annual maximum temperature in the rangelands decreased non-significantly by 0.02 and 0.009 ℃ per annum. Both rangelands experienced high annual rainfall variability, increasing annual minimum temperature, drought frequency and severity. Therefore, the outcome of the study is believed to be vital for identifying drought hotspot areas in the rangelands and devising strategies that help to reduce drought impacts on pastoral communities in Southern Ethiopia.

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Pastoralists under threat continuum: quantifying vulnerabilities of pastoralists to climate variability in southern Ethiopia

Cited by 4 publications

References 57 publications

Livelihood vulnerability of Borana pastoralists to climate change and variability in Southern Ethiopia

Livelihood vulnerability of Borana pastoralists to climate change and variability in Southern Ethiopia

Perceptions of and adaptation to climate change in mountainous agro-pastoral communities: The case of the Afghan central highlands

Temporal climate conditions and spatial drought patterns across rangelands in pastoral areas of West Guji and Borana zones, Southern Ethiopia

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