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dc.contributor.authorPule, Francis
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-10T10:12:37Z
dc.date.available2021-04-10T10:12:37Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationPule, F. (2020). Impacts of Climate Change on Crop Diversity to the Farmers in Adyel Division Lira District. Undergraduate dissertation. Makerere Universityen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/10051
dc.descriptionA dissertation submitted to the Department of Environmental Management in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a Degree of Bachelors of Environmental Science, Makerere Universityen_US
dc.description.abstractThe study was carried out in four parishes within Adyel Division Lira district with the aim of examining the impacts of climate change on crop diversity and choices where samples of 60 respondents were selected for interviews. The data was collected using questionnaires and interview techniques. Data collected was there after analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively. The study revealed that most farmers have changed their crop choices as a means to cope with the climate patterns as reported by the respondents. The main objective of the research is to study assess the impacts of climate change to the crop farmers in Adyel Division Lira district. The study is interested in the different aforementioned crops represented by different characteristics following their respective agro ecological zones in the division. The results show that 68.3% were male while 31.7% were female in sampled districts. Gender of the household head plays a critical role in farming decision making. Household survey questionnaire used put much emphasis on primary food crops grown by the majority of farmers in lira district more specifically beans, sorghum, maize, millet and sweet potatoes.About 33.3% of lira farmers cultivate Irish beans for its high productivity and market accessibility. The farmer’s perception on climate change in the study area. A number of questions were asked to better understand what the rural farmers think about long-term changes in climate variables (rainfall and temperature). In all sampled parishes in Lira districts, farmers interviewed had become aware and noticed a long term changes in climate phenomena while some had not. Also farmers noted that they have been informed about climate change and variability by their own observation or experience. Some farmers have approved that they have been informed by local administration and media (television, radio, newspapers, etc.) respectively. Lastly, the study further indicated a list of indigenous techniques used by farmers to predict the appearance of rain season and prolonged rain season resulting to floods. Overall, the results show that the majority (97.71% and 79.43% of farmers reported that they know the exact period of rain when the sky is heavy and clouded or when the nights are very warm respectively. Likewise, some farmers (28.86%) take reference on alignment of insects to predict early the appearance of rain season while 12.29% of farmers on increase of water in the streams and rivers and the study Recommended that development and reforming of the land use policy i.e. the tenure, land fragmentation and size of land holding and also enforcing and implementation of land use policies. This will help to easily select monitor and mechanize farms as a way of improving productivity of the farmers through sustainable land use so as to guide developments, Farmers’ local knowledge and experience regarding climateen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMakerere Universityen_US
dc.subjectClimate changeen_US
dc.subjectCrop diversityen_US
dc.subjectFarmersen_US
dc.subjectAdyel Divisionen_US
dc.titleImpacts of Climate Change on Crop Diversity to the Farmers in Adyel Division Lira Districten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US


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