Determinants of ecosystem-based adaptation to drought in the central cattle corridor of Uganda

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorNanfuka, Susan
dc.contributor.authorMfitumukiza, David
dc.contributor.authorEgeru, Anthony
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-16T09:13:31Z
dc.date.available2022-10-16T09:13:31Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractEcosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) is widely recognised as an important strategy for strengthening climate change resilience. Nevertheless, there is limited evidence on the factors that facilitate or impede EbA for ecosystem services, adaptation benefits and livelihood improvement. In this study, the determinants of EbA to drought were assessed. A mixed quantitative and qualitative cross-sectional survey among 183 farmer households was undertaken in the central cattle corridor of Uganda. The majority of the interviewed respondents were female (60.1%) who mainly carried out agro-pastoral farming (63.4%), a practice 83.2% of them learned through indigenous knowledge transfer. A multinomial logit (MNL) model based analysis was used to establish the determinants of EbA to drought. Ecosystem services, adaptation benefits and livelihood improvement were each made a base category thus yielding three MNL models. The significant (p<0.05) factors from all the three MNL models for EbA to drought were access to extension services, time (hours) spent daily on farm by farmers, land size under crop farming, type of major agricultural activity, average annual income, membership to farmer organisation and use of indigenous knowledge. These factors provide a vital knowledge base for fostering EbA policy formulation and implementation among agro-pastoral farmers to increase their resilience to drought. Climate change adaptation initiatives, institutions and governments should support education and information dissemination about EbA to farmers particularly in rangeland areas.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNanfuka, S., Mfitumukiza, D., & Egeru, A. (2020). Determinants of ecosystem-based adaptation to drought in the central cattle corridor of Uganda. African Journal of Agricultural Research , 16 (7), 1033-1043. DOI: 10.5897/AJAR2020.14919en_US
dc.identifier.other10.5897/AJAR2020.14919
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/4919
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAfrican Journal of Agricultural Researchen_US
dc.subjectDeterminantsen_US
dc.subjectDroughten_US
dc.subjectEcosystem-based adaptationen_US
dc.subjectMultinomial Logit modelen_US
dc.subjectRangelanden_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.titleDeterminants of ecosystem-based adaptation to drought in the central cattle corridor of Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Determinants of ecosystem-based adaptation to.pdf
Size:
450.5 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Article
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences