Ecological Processes

Table 3 Trends of annual rainfall for the period of 2020–2049, 2040–2069, and 2070–2099 in pastoral production systems of Mieso, Jigjiga, and Shinile districts of eastern Ethiopia

From: Rangeland water requirement satisfaction index under rainfall variability and predicting future rainfall scenarios: implication for availability of feed resources

Study areas	Annual rainfall (2020–2049)		Annual rainfall (2040–2069)		Annual rainfall (2070–2099)
Study areas	Z _MK (ns)	Slope	Z _MK	Slope	Z _MK	Slope
Mieso	−0.06	−2.71	0.07	3.55	0.14	6.33
Jigjiga	0.319	14.28	0.03	0.61	0.08	1.79
Shinile	0.11	3.91	0.29	10.39	0.15	5.78

The mean annual rainfall predicted trend, a negative value represents a decreasing trend and positive values are an indication of increasing trends
Z _mk is Mann-Kendall trend test, Slope (Sen’s slope) is the change (mm)/annual; ns is non-significant trend at 0.05

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