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Determinants of farmers’ choice of adaptation methods to climate change in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia (2009, background): “The first assumption is that households with large families may be forced to divert part of the labor force to off-farm activities in an attempt to earn income in order to ease the consumption pressure imposed by a large family (Yirga, 2007).”
Assessing household vulnerability to climate change: The case of farmers in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia (2009, background): “This suggests that in addition to serving as source of power for farming (e.g., oxen) and manure for fertilizing soil, livestock can serve as assets and insurance against shocks (Yirga, 2007).”
Determinants of African farmers’ strategies for adapting to climate change: multinomial choice analysis (2008, background): “Several studies have shown that access to credit is an important determinant enhancing the adoption of various technologies (Anderson & Thampallai, 1990; Yirga et al., 1996; Hassan et al., 1998; Kandlinkar & Risbey, 2000; Tizale, 2007).”