Table 2 Respondents’ perceptions on trends of local indicators of climate change in terms of drought frequencies, scarcity of water and pasture, disease prevalence, and reduced milk production in Borana, southern Ethiopia
From: Camel management as an adaptive strategy to climate change by pastoralists in southern Ethiopia
Indicators | Increased | Decreased | No change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | % | Frequency | % | Frequency | % | |
Drought frequency | 152 | 97.4 | 1 | 0.6 | 3 | 1.9 |
Scarcity of water | 7 | 4.5 | 142 | 91 | 7 | 4.5 |
Scarcity of pasture | 5 | 3 | 148 | 95 | 3 | 2 |
Disease prevalence | 130 | 83.3 | 9 | 5.8 | 17 | 10.9 |
Reduced milk production | 8 | 5.1 | 147 | 94 | 1 | 0.6 |