Beekeepers’ adaptation to climate change and variability in Ada Berga District, Oromia, Ethiopia

ABSTRACT

Beekeeping offers income-generating opportunities for rural households but is threatened by climate change and variability. Adaptation strategies are assessed through semi-structured interviews focus groups, key informants and personal observation: in Ada Berga District, beekeepers have adopted supplementary feeding, modern hives, planting and hive shading to mitigate climatic impacts. A multivariate probit model (MVP) suggests that choices made in combining various adaptation strategies depend on socio-economic, institutional and demographic factors.

KEYWORDS:

• Adaptation strategy
• beekeeping
• climate change
• MVP

Acknowledgments

The first author would like to thank Oromia Agricultural Research Institute for sponsoring this study and, especially Wongelu Endale and Lelisa Wondimu for their encouragement and logistical help. All the researchers thank the Jimma University College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine postgraduate coordination office for its facilitation and guidance.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Authorship contributions statement

Teshome Kassa Degu: Conceptualisation, methodology, data curation, formal analysis, first draft

Abayineh Amare Woldeamanuel: Resources, supervision, methodology

Briki Gurmessa Toba: Resources, supervision, methodology