Skip to main content

Table 5 Changes in the moving averages of observed climatic variables between 1981 to 2009 in the Borana pastoral/agropastoral systems, Ethiopia

From: Perception of climate change and its impact by smallholders in pastoral/agropastoral systems of Borana, South Ethiopia

Season

Duration

Rainfall

Number of rainy days

Air temperature

Slope(mm/year) (R2)

P-value

Slope(days/year) (R2)

P-value

Slope (°C/year) (R2)

P-value

Long rains

1981-1992

−26.97 (0.65)

0.001

−1.46 (0.28)

0.092

−0.07 (0.13)

0.241

1992-2009

+1.97 (0.10)

0.190

−0.43 (0.37)

0.009

+0.02 (0.32)

0.013

1981-2009

−9.10 (0.50)

0.000

−0.64 (0.45)

0.000

+0.01 (0.01)

0.732

Short rains

1981-1992

−8.83 (0.63)

0.002

+0.03 (0.00)

0.909

+0.17 (0.19)

0.154

1992-2009

+4.76 (0.25)

0.034

+0.05 (0.01)

0.758

+0.04 (0.32)

0.014

1981-2009

+0.73 (0.02)

0.469

+0.13 (0.12)

0.072

+0.05 (0.17)

0.024