Factors affecting adoption of climate change adaptation strategies by small holder farmers in mountain and lowland agro-ecological zones of Eastern Uganda
| dc.contributor.author | Turyahabwe, Remigio | |
| dc.contributor.author | Turybanawe, Gumisiriza | |
| dc.contributor.author | Asaba, Joyfred | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mulabbi, Andrew | |
| dc.contributor.author | Geofrey, Geoffrey | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-11T09:02:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-11-11T09:02:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-12-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Several challenges confront farmers in tropical rural areas, but climate change can only be overcome by adopting climate change resilience strategies. This study assessed the factors affecting the adoption of strat-egies to enhance climate change resilience in the Muyembe sub-county, Bulambuli district, Uganda. We used questionnaires, interviews, focused group discussions, and field observations to collect the required data, which was analysed using basic descriptive statistics and a logistic regression model. The results indi-cate that the dominant climate change resilience strategies adopted in the study were soil/water conservation (65%), drought-resistant crop varieties (59.4%), and irrigation (55.6). In addition, the logistic regression indicated that gender and family size were the most important factors influencing the adoption of climate change resilience strategies with coefficients -0.86 and P<0.05, and0.18 and P<0.05, respectively. On the other hand, financial constraints and adulteration of farm inputs were the dominant barriers to adoption most farmers with 93.4% and 74%, respectively. We concluded that many farmers remain locked in indigenous practices that have made them vulnerable to climate change effects characterized by low yields, crop failure, low incomes, poverty, and food insecurity. We recommended that government should support the adaptation strategies to climate change by the smallholder farmers technically by providing both ground and surface water irrigation facilities and financially by providing agricultural loans as well as focusing on promoting awareness and advancing education on climate change to farmers through knowledge and skill sharing plat-forms such as training, conferences, and seminars. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Turyahabwe, R., Turybanawe, L. G., Asaba, J., Mulabbi, A., & Geofrey, M. (2022). Factors affecting adoption of climate change adaptation strategies by small holder farmers in mountain and lowland agro-ecological zones of Eastern Uganda. In Forum Geografi (Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 136-148). | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2460-3945 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dir.muni.ac.ug/handle/20.500.12260/790 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta | |
| dc.subject | Agro-ecological zone | |
| dc.subject | Early warning | |
| dc.subject | Soil/water conservation | |
| dc.subject | Farm insurance | |
| dc.subject | Resilience | |
| dc.subject | Eastern Uganda. | |
| dc.title | Factors affecting adoption of climate change adaptation strategies by small holder farmers in mountain and lowland agro-ecological zones of Eastern Uganda | |
| dc.type | Article |