Assessing the magnitude of smallholder farmers' livelihood vulnerability to drought is an
initial step in identifying the causal factors and proposing interventions that mitigate the …

This study aims to investigate the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI)
using the monthly observed and gridded Climate Research Unit (CRU) dataset across 13 …

Ethiopia is categorized as one of the most vulnerable countries to climate extremes. A better
understanding of climate extremes at short and long timescales is therefore crucial to …

Drought is a natural disaster that has impacts on society, the environment, and the
ecosystem. Ethiopia faced many horrible severe drought events in the last few decades …

Climate change and its variability adversely impact pastoral livelihoods, and understanding
climate variability and its change is important to deduce policy implications for pastoral …

Drought is a frequent occurrence in semidesert areas of southern Ethiopia that significantly
affect regional, social, economic, and environmental conditions. Lack of rainfall monitoring …

Agriculture in Ethiopia is highly dictated by spatial patterns and temporal distributions of
climate variables. The analysis of these climate variables is crucial for understanding the …

Recently, floods and drought have become common natural hydroclimatic hazards in
several countries. Consequently, the identification of an appropriate drought index is now a …

Drought is an increasingly critical global challenge, significantly impacting agricultural
productivity, food security, and ecosystem stability. As climate change intensifies the …

Irrigation is an important mechanism to mitigate risks associated with the variability in rainfall
for the smallholder subsistence farming system. This study analyzed how practicing small …