The Economic Impacts Of Climate Change On Crop Production (a Case In Choke Mountain Watersheds Of Ethiopia)

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This paper explores the economic impact of climate change on crop production and the role of agriculturalrntechnologies as an option of adaptation in the Choke Mountain watersheds of Ethiopia. In this researchrnCross sectional research design was employed. Questionnaire, focus group discussion, key informantrninterview and field observatioll were fhe data gathering illstruments used ill th e siudy. Both analytical andrndescriptive analysis techniques such as Recardian mode!, percentage and ANOVA that were used to aualyzernthe respective quautitative and qualitative data collected for the study. The descriptive statistics of this studyrnshow that most framers ill Choke Mountain have perceived tire increased temperature Gnd the reducedrnprecipitation ill tll eir areas. /11 additioll, based on this choke mountaill watershed farmers have started torntake measure to minimize its effect 011 crop productioll. Thus, farmers have used agricultural technologies asrnan option for climate change adaptation, though the application of dijJerelll agricultural technologies variesrnin the six AEZs of the watershed. Tile paper has also identified factors that determine farmers ' decision tornuse agricultural technologies such as problems related to price and supplies as well as dissemination ofrnagricultural techl/ologies and millimum access to credit service are some. 011 the other hand, the regressionrnresult oj the econometrics models showed that th ere was a reduction ill net revenue pel' hectare with al/rnincrease ill willter precipitation. Increasing summer and spring temperature is damaging to crop productionrnill choke mountaill watersheds. However, the increase spring and summer precipitation benefits chokernmountain farmers by boosting their crop net revenue per hectare. Nitosols were positively related to crop netrnrevel/ue per hectare. Then again, the [armers' use o[ chemical [ertilizers, improved seeds, soil conservationrnand irrigation agricultural technologies have increased crop net revenue per hectare o[ choke moulltainrnwatershed farmers. The socia economic variables such as size of farmland, access to credit, education andrnhousehold size are positively correlated with the dependent variable net revenue. Nonetheless, gender andrnage variables were negatively related crop net revenue per hectare. The estimated marginal impact ofrnchange ill temperature and precipUatioJl indicate thaI the increase o[ will tel' temperature alld [allrntemperature to a certain extent henefits fa rmers of choke moulltaill watersheds with an increase of their croprnnet revenue by 2,16lbirr and 3,877.63birr respectively Whereas, its increase in spring and sum Illerrntemperature reduces crop net revenue of choke mountain farmers by 7, 5l 3birr and 6,442.54 birr. Thernincrease of precipitation in spring, Slimmer, and fa ll seasons increases lIet revenue per hectare by 3,57 J .46,rn7,105 and 2,4 11 .91 birr respectively. While increase of willter precipitation is damaging to crop productioll,rnand reduces crop net revenue per hectare by 1,690. 24birr. III a lIutshell, the analysis of this paper shows therndegree of the ecollomic impact of climate change on crop farming in dijJerent AEZs of the Choke Mountainrnwatersheds. The finding shows that the increase in temperature and decrease of precipitation highlyrndetermines crop agriculture in Choke mountaill watersheds. In this case, crop farming in the velY cold andrncold sub moist highlands and the warm sub moist lowlallds of the choke mountain watersheds are highlyrnaffected by climate change. Therefore, the government of Ethiopia should have to take imperative measuresrnto adapt the impacts of climate change on crop productioll by designing policies that assist farmers to copernfor the changing climate. Lifting up the currelll adaptation options taken by fa rmers, particularly use ofrn/ertilizers, improved seeds, soil conservation and irrigatioJl practices. 11'1 line with this, capacitating/armel'srnto buy agricultural technologies by themselves through the provision of credit services is important. Helpingrnfa n ners to raise the fertility of soil especially to those farmers in the high and lowland areas through thernsupply of gypsum should also be given priority. Hence, this would buffer better climate change adaptation inrnthe area.rnKey )Vonls: Climate Change, crop Net revenue, adaptation, agricultural technologies, choke mountainrnwatersheds

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The Economic Impacts Of Climate Change On Crop Production (a Case In Choke Mountain Watersheds Of Ethiopia)

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