ABSTRACT

Applying a Regional Integrated Vulnerability Assessment (RIVAS), this study aims to identify the local farming system characteristics of 54 smallholder agroforestry farms in Kafa Zone (Ethiopia), their climate change vulnerability, and how they are affected by current land-use changes. The study combines semi-structured interviews with a biophysical characterization of farm systems. The results show that the assessed farming systems’ multifunctionality is essential to rural livelihoods while sustaining crop and tree diversity. While dry season crop diversity drives household’s sufficiency and capacity to respond to crop failure, medium-low sufficiency of production in more than a third of the assessed systems, as well as soil degradation in cereal fields lessen adaptive capacity. For their contribution to climate resilience, diverse and perennial cropping regimes should be supported and maintained.

摘要

本研究应用区域综合脆弱性评估 (RIVAS)，旨在确定卡法区（埃塞俄比亚）54 个小农林业农场的当地农业系统特征、它们的气候变化脆弱性以及它们如何受到当前土地利用变化的影响。该研究将半结构化访谈与农场系统的生物物理特征相结合。结果表明，评估的农业系统的多功能性对农村生计至关重要，同时维持作物和树木的多样性。虽然旱季作物多样性推动了家庭的充足和应对作物歉收的能力，但在超过三分之一的评估系统中，生产的中低充足率以及谷地的土壤退化降低了适应能力。由于他们对气候复原力的贡献，