Farmers resilience to climate change in Meatu and Iramba District, Tanzania

Nyangas, J. A.; Chingonikaya, E. E.

dc.creator	Nyangas, J. A.
dc.creator	Chingonikaya, E. E.
dc.date	2021-04-22T11:30:41Z
dc.date	2021-04-22T11:30:41Z
dc.date	2017-06
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-25T08:51:12Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-25T08:51:12Z
dc.identifier	2313-3759
dc.identifier	https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/3451
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/91124
dc.description	Journal article Vol. 4 No. 6; June 2017
dc.description	This paper analyzed household resilience due to climate change in Iramba and Meatu districts. A cross- sectional design was used. Data were collected from 183 households in three villages, two from Meatu and one from Iramba district. The quantitative data were coded on SPSS. Inter-district analysis of the resilience index indicated that there was no significant difference of household resilience on the districts. The study shows that most of households have low to moderate resilience. The resilience of farmers is significantly im- pacted by their sex, education, type of occupation and household income. Resilience significantly increases with increase in the annual income which acts as safety net to absorb shocks as well as increase resources and inputs availability. The study concludes that resilience of the farmers in the study area is low; and educa- tion and household income of a local community on climate change are the most determinants of household resilience. Thus, the study recommends improving ability of the household to absorb shocks by increasing their adaptation capacity, such as constructing irrigation infrastructures and creating opportunities for diver- sification of income source from non-farm income.
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	International Journal of Scientific Research and Innovative Technology
dc.subject	Resilience
dc.subject	Farmers
dc.subject	Climate change
dc.subject	Households
dc.subject	Iramba
dc.subject	Meatu
dc.title	Farmers resilience to climate change in Meatu and Iramba District, Tanzania
dc.type	Article