Table 3 Adaptation strategies used by smallholder farmers to mitigate the effects of climate change and the proportion of respondents that practiced them in Amuru and Apac districts
Adaptation strategy | Overall | Amuru | Apac | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Freq | % | Freq | % | Freq | % | |
Planting drought-resistant varieties | 314 | 79.5 | 105 | 80.8 | 209 | 78.9 |
Use of improved seeds | 228 | 57.9 | 55 | 42.3 | 173 | 65.3 |
Use of chemical fertilizers | 93 | 23.6 | 23 | 17.7 | 70 | 26.4 |
Intensive use of pesticides | 247 | 62.5 | 75 | 57.7 | 172 | 64.9 |
Fallowing the garden | 263 | 66.6 | 88 | 67.7 | 175 | 66.0 |
Use of different crop varieties | 379 | 96.4 | 128 | 98.5 | 251 | 94.7 |
Practicing tree planting | 152 | 38.5 | 42 | 32.3 | 110 | 41.5 |