Impact of small-scale irrigation on the livelihood and resilience of smallholder farmers against climate change stresses: Evidence from Kersa district, eastern Oromia, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT: This study mainly aimed to evaluate the impact of small-scale irrigation on the livelihood and resilience of farmers toward climate change in Kersa district of the eastern Oromia region of Ethiopia. A sample of 288 randomly selected households (158 non-adopters and 130 adopters) was used to gather the data. The data were analyzed using the resilience capacity index and propensity score matching methods. The resilience capacity index was utilized to summarize all the resilience indicators into a single value, and propensity score matching was used to evaluate the impact. The results of the average treatment effect on the treated analysis revealed that adopters were better-off in crop yields by 84.72 quintals per hectare, 55641.60 birr in total income, and by 2.02 resilience capacity index c

SUBMITTER: Dawid Mume I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10450858 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature