TY  - JOUR
T1  - Household’s Vulnerability to Climate Change Among Farmers in
Meatu and Iramba Districts, Tanzania
AU - James, Nyangas A. AU - Emanuel, Chingonikaya E. 
JO  - Agricultural Journal
VL  - 12
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 10
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-9155
DO  - aj.2017.1.10
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=aj.2017.1.10
KW  - Climate change
KW  -household vulnerability
KW  -Iramba district
KW  -Meatu District
KW  -creating
AB  - Understanding how the farming households are affected by climate change is important in formulating
policies to strengthen household’s adaptive capacity which are instrumental in poverty reduction and
increasing food security. This manuscript analysed farming household’s vulnerability to climate change in
Iramba and Meatu districts. A cross sectional design was used whereby data were collected from 183 randomly
selected households from 3 villages, 2 from Meatu District and one from Iramba District. Data analysis was
based on indices constructed from selected indicators for exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity. The
indicators were weighted using principal component analysis. Inter-district analysis of the vulnerability index
shows that there was no significant difference in household vulnerability on based districts. However, on
exposure, the results shows that Iramba was highly significant (p = 0.001) compared to Meatu. Generally,
occurrence of drought contributed positively to the household’s vulnerability due to the impact of climate
change. According to the absolute value of the weights, occurrence of natural disaster such as drought
contributes more to the exposure index compared to other indicators. Based on the results it can be concluded
that, vulnerability of the framing households in the study area is low. Involvement of the household on
non-farm income generating activities and unreliable rainfall were the most important determinants of a
household’s vulnerability. In addition, the impact of climate change on the study areas included the loss of
lives, decline of both animal and crop production and loss of household properties such as damage to houses.
Therefore, it is recommended that to improve the capacity of farming households there is need to improve
adaptive indicators such as improving the irrigation facilities in the local area. Similarly, creating opportunities
for non-farm income to reduce the extensive dependence of the community on natural resource based
livelihoods.
ER  -