Agroforestry systems as livelihood resilience to climate change and variability: evidence from central escarpment of Ethiopia

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-025-01240-6" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-025-01240-6</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10457-025-01240-6" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10457-025-01240-6</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Agroforestry systems as livelihood resilience to climate change and variability: evidence from central escarpment of Ethiopia

Original language description

Smallholder farmers in developing countries are highly vulnerable to climate change. However, there is a lack of empirical studies comparing the effectiveness of agroforestry (AF) and non-agroforestry (NAF) systems in building climate resilience in Ethiopia. This study evaluates the vulnerability and livelihood resilience of AF and NAF farmers using the Household Livelihood Resilience Approach (HLRA). Data were collected from 370 farmers through stratified random sampling. Temperature and rainfall trends were analyzed with the Mann-Kendall test, coefficient of variation, and Sen's slope estimator. To assess livelihood resilience, the study compared five livelihood capital assets (financial, human, social, physical, and natural) between AF and NAF farmers. Results indicated that both AF and NAF farmers experienced increased temperatures and decreased rainfall over the past 20 years, consistent with meteorological data. The exposure score revealed that AF farmers (0.39) had significantly lower exposure to climate change (P < 0.001) compared to NAF farmers (0.50), with less exposure to yield declines, delayed rainfall onset, early rainfall offset, soil erosion, rising input prices, and livestock death. AF farmers (0.39) were also less sensitive (P < 0.05) than NAF farmers (0.49) to factors like soil erodibility, food availability, energy security, and family health. AF farmers exhibited a 39.92% greater resilience in livelihood capital compared to NAF farmers, achieving better scores in financial, human, social, and natural capital. However, no significant difference was found in physical capital (P > 0.05). The Livelihood Vulnerability Index (LVI-IPCC) analysis revealed that AF households experienced lower exposure (0.39), lower sensitivity (0.39), and higher adaptive capacity (0.52), leading to a lower vulnerability score (- 0.05) than NAF households (0.08). These findings highlight the crucial role of agroforestry in enhancing climate resilience, illustrating its potential as a scalable and sustainable adaptation strategy for smallholder farmers in Ethiopia and similar agricultural contexts globally. Policymakers should integrate agroforestry into climate adaptation and rural development strategies, ensuring support through incentives, extension services, and initiatives to build farmers' capacity.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40101 - Agriculture

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Agroforestry Systems

ISSN

0167-4366

e-ISSN

0167-4366

Volume of the periodical

99

Issue of the periodical within the volume

AUG 2025

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

001515108900002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105008889169