Abstract:
East Africa, notably Somalia, is one of the worst-affected
regions by climate crises. Adaptation to climate change can be used to
minimize many of climate change's negative consequences while
maximizing its positive effects. This necessitated the need to; (i) identify
the smallholder farmers' adaptation methods to the negative impact of the
climate crisis and (ii) identify factors that affect farmers' adaptation
practices in the Hiran region of Somalia. The study used a descriptive study
design where a random sample of 222 farmers from the Hiran Region were
involved. The research surveys among the selected farmers were conducted
using a questionnaire. The Binary logistic regression analysis revealed that
age, family size, marital status, non-farm income, off-farm jobs, access to
credits, access to extension, and support from extension agencies were
major predictors of the different climate change adaptation measures of the
farmers. Therefore, the Federal government ought to review farmer
extension systems and design farm management adoption programs based
on the socio-economic and institutional characteristics of the farmers and
create a favorable environment for the provision of agricultural credits to
the farmers in efforts to boost farmers' climate resilience.
