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Climate change and its impacts on natural and human systems are increasingly evident globally. Africa is highly vulnerable and is experiencing the burden of climate change impacts of climate...

The impact of climate change and variability on agriculture and food security is severe in countries that heavily depend on rainfed subsistence agriculture. Examine climate change and variability and determinant factors...

Highlights: Seasonal migration has been associated with food insecurity. Climate change, rainfall variability, and drought are the key reasons for migration. Food insecurity crises...

Highlights The descriptive statistics result revealed that about 43.33% of the households were food secured, whereas the remaining 56.67% were food insecure. Result confirmed that...

Highlights This study assessed impact of projected climate change on maize and explored management options. Anthesis date, maturity date, grain and aboveground biomass yields...

Highlights Temperature increases, rainfall variability, and drought were the major shocks. Low productivity, grass and water scarcity, and pest and disease are major impacts. Households...

This study investigates how two aspects of agricultural production diversity – farm production diversity and composition of production – relate to child height-for-age and weight-for-height in Ethiopia...

The climate change forecasts for Ethiopia predict higher temperature and rainfall and increased variability in rainfall with periodic severe droughts and floods. The increased weather variability poses a check...

Agriculture is critical to Africa’s economic growth and development, generating more than one-fifth of sub-Saharan Africa’s economic output. But much of African agriculture lags behind more developed...

Ethiopia has experienced impressive agricultural growth and poverty reduction, stemming in part from substantial public investments in agriculture. Yet, the agriculture sector now faces increasing...