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Author(s):
Senait Regassa, Christina Givey, and Gina E. Castillo with contributions from John Magrath and Kimberly Pfeifer.
Year:
April 2010
Editor:
Oxfam International
City:
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Pages:
45
Summary:

This paper is part of a series of research reports written to inform the public debate on development and humanitarian policy issues.

In 2009, Oxfam commissioned research on climate variability in four woredas, or administrative areas, in Ethiopia. The land use systems and woredas constituting the foci of the study included:

  • Highland mixed farming (Ofla Woreda in Tigray National Regional State)
  • Rift Valley mixed farming (Adamii Tulluu-Jido Kombolcha Woreda in Oromia National Regional State)
  • Pastoralism (Yabello Woreda in Oromia National Regional State) Coffee farming (Wansho Woreda in Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s Regional State (SNNPR))

The research set out to answer three fundamental questions:

  1. Do Ethiopian farmers and pastoralists perceive changes in weather patterns? If so, what are they?
  2. What meteorological information is available in the four study areas?
  3. How have farmers and pastoralists been coping with and adapting to these changes in weather patterns? What policy recommendations emerge from these specific case studies that will increase the resilience of poor men and women in Ethiopia?

For further information on the issues raised in this paper please e-mail advocacy@oxfaminternational. org. The information

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Oxfam International
External Resources:
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The rain doesn’t come on time anymore poverty, vulnerability, and climate variability in Ethiopia - April 2010
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