| dc.description.abstract | Resilience is considered as an appropriate remedy for climate change especially for smallholder farmers to enhance adaptive management to reduce their vulnerability. This study sought to define socio-ecological resilience assessment aimed at determining resilience of agricultural landscapes of Luwero district to climate change as well as the prime factors affecting it. The study was conducted in 3 sub counties selected from Luwero district since are the major crop production areas and receipts on government adaptation project (2012-2017). A toolkit was used to assess the socio-ecological resilience which comprised of scoring the 20 indicators of resilience on a fivepoint scale and indicating the direction -1 meant (decline), 1 meant (increase) and 0 meant (no change) in a questionnaire format and 129 respondents were purposively and randomly sampled who had stayed in the location for at least 20 years and beneficiaries of the Global Climate Change Project. Data collected was analyzed using excel and interpreted using the SEPLS methodology for indicator analysis and resilience. The indicators of resilience with average score above medium score 3 were the strength of the landscape attributed to by the numerous projects/programmes, cooperatives, trainings that sensitize indigenous people about climate smart agriculture and new agricultural technologies and innovations as well equip them with agricultural skills and knowledge. The prime factors affecting resilience of socio-ecological production landscapes of Luwero district are indicators with an average score below medium score 3 and these included landscape diversity, Ecosystem protection, documentation of traditional knowledge related to biodiversity and biodiversity-based livelihoods. Resilience was moderately high in all the sub counties, where Butuntumula had 66.06%, Kikyusa with 71.83% and Kamira had 68.40%. The overall resilience is 68.63% attributed to by the good management of key production natural resources through sustainable land management. It was observed that Clear understanding of SEPLS resilience and prime indicators, provides analytical framework for understanding resilience, its status and changes supporting development strategies and implementation of strengthening strategies enhancing communication among stakeholders. Empowering communities in decision making process and adaptive management due to a common understanding of the state of the landscape | en_US |
