Table 2 Proportion of respondents adopting changing in farming practices due to climate change by different socio-demographic characteristics
Increase in Temperature | Unpredictable rain | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crop type/variety | Agricultural inputs/equipment | Irrigation | Crop type/variety | Agricultural inputs/equipment | Irrigation | |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 69% | 65% | 50% | 47% | 44% | 50% |
Female | 61% | 52% | 38% | 38% | 47% | 62% |
Education | ||||||
Primary | 71% | 83% | 100% | 27% | 40% | 0% |
Secondary+ | 59% | 52% | 33% | 46% | 47% | 67% |
Age category (in years) | ||||||
<30 | 55% | 47% | 40% | 33% | 33% | 60% |
31 - 45 | 63% | 55% | 50% | 41% | 56% | 50% |
>45 | 70% | 69% | 0% | 49% | 50% | 100% |
Number of children | ||||||
<=3 | 59% | 48% | 43% | 41% | 44% | 57% |
>3 | 67% | 67% | 33% | 40% | 48% | 67% |
Overall | 63% | 56% | 40% | 40% | 46% | 60% |