Climate Changevariability Food Security Status And Peoples Adaptation Strategies In Damot Woyde Woreda Wolayta Zone Snnprethiopia

The main objective of this paper was investigating climate change/variability, foodrnsecurity status and people’s adaptation strategies in Damot Woyde Woreda. As many asrn117 sample households from the two agro-ecological zones of study area were includedrnin the sample frame. Household survey, focus group discussions and key informantrninterviews were held for collecting data. Basic descriptive statistics were used forrnassessing quantitative data. Household food balance model (HFBM) and Householdsrnfood insecurity access scale (HFIAS) were used to determine food availability andrnaccessibility of sample households respectively. The results of the study indicated thatrn56.4% of households are food secured and the remaining 44.6% are food insecured. Thernprevalence of food insecurity is more sever in lowland agro-ecology. Food insecuredrnhouseholds are characterized by larger family members, smaller out number of livestock,rnsmaller land holding, lower fertility status of land and low productivity and production.rnAgricultural production varies from one agro-ecological zone to the other due to theirrnvaried climatic conditions. Rain fall amount is by far lower in Kolla agro-ecologiy.rnFrequency of drought and severity of land degradation also are higher in lowland agroecologicalrnzone than Dega and average temperature increase in both sample kebeles. Thernstudy examined climatic and other related factors of food production. Farmers reportedrnthat, erratic rain fall in terms of time and space, drought, land degradation, pest and weedrninfestation, lack of non-farm activities and lack of access to credits are the more severernconstraints in food production. However the levels of severity of the factors were not thernsame in two sample kebeles rather the impacts of these factors are more sever in lowlandrnkebeles. The study also shows that Decline in atmosphere and surface moisture andrnprevalence of disease are also the effect of climate change/variability in the study area.rnKolla kebele is most vulnerable to malaria. Thus, food security interventions need tornsupport livelihoods in ways that protect resilience of households, and providing directrnassistance to ensure households remain resilient to the weak and variable naturalrnsituations in which they exist

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