Research Article
Spatial Variability and Temporal Trends of Climate Change in Southwest Ethiopia: Association with Farmers’ Perception and Their Adaptation Strategies
Table 4
Farmers’ perceptions of climate change over the thirty years (1983 to 2016).
| Parameters | South Ari | Konso | χ2 | value |
| Climate change | | | 1.67 | 0.45 | Perceived (%) | 94.11 | 95.00 | | | Not perceived (%) | 5.88 | 5.00 | | | Belg rainfall | | | | | Increased (%) | 5.88 | 10.00 | 13.27 | 0.35 | Decreased (%) | 88.2 | 87.5 | | | Not changed (%) | 2.94 | — | | | I do not know (%) | 2.94 | 2.5 | | | Autumn rainfall | | | | | Increased (%) | 5.9 | 17.5 | 4.56 | 0.06 | Decreased (%) | 94.1 | 82.5 | | | Not changed (%) | 0.0 | 0.0 | | | I do not know (%) | 0.0 | 0.0 | | | Temperature | | | | | Increased (%) | 85.29 | 95.0 | 8.28 | 0.23 | Decreased (%) | 11.79 | 0.0 | | | Not changed (%) | 2.94 | 5.0 | | | I do not know (%) | 0.0 | 0.0 | | |
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