Farmers Choice and Factors Influencing Adoption of Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in the Case of Abala Abaya Woreda, Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia

The study on farmers’ choice and factors influencing adoption of adaptation strategies to climate change was conducted in Abala Abaya Woreda, Wolaita zone, southern Ethiopia. objective the is assess actual smallholder area. To achieve objectives, daily meteorological primary data generated from FGD, key informant such as elder people employees ADAFPO were used. selected purposively. For this study, both simple random stratified sampling techniques employed select sample respondent households. Among rural kebeles, four kebeles selected. Out total population (2166), 94 respondents included by using Kothari equation descriptive multinomial logistic regression model compared with base category used analyze data. results showed that majority farmers different adapt adverse effects including tracing for soil water conservation, fertilizer application, livestock crop diversification irrigation. further revealed although local climate-induced shocks, there constraints limit HH’s strategies. These include lack finance, shortage land, information mass media, skill education labor. MNL shown found be statistically significant related terracing supplementary feed irrigation at p ≤ 0.1 0.05 .024, .074, .007, .002, .000 .006 education, production, ownership, perception land size, access credit market respectively conservation. Access application 0.035. In addition this, farming, 0.074, 0.053, 0.001 0.000 feed. Keywords: strategies, change, factors, DOI: 10.7176/APTA/87-02 Publication date: January 31 st 2023