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Table 4 Primary adaptation strategies to climate change and the proportion of respondents that practiced them

From: Smallholder farmers’ adaptation to climate change and determinants of their adaptation decisions in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

Adaptation strategies

Number of households

Percent of households

Change in planting date

20

10

Crop diversification

45

23

Intensive use of agricultural inputs

29

14

Crop and livestock integration

16

8

Supplementary irrigation

5

3

Soil and water conservation

23

11

Tree planting

32

16

No adaptation strategy used

30

15

Total

200

100