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Table 4 Distribution of adaptation options used by sheep and goats farmers

From: Determinants of adaptation choices to climate change by sheep and goat farmers in Northern Ethiopia: the case of Southern and Central Tigray, Ethiopia

Adaptation options

Agro-ecological settings

Total

Low-land

Mid-land

High-land

Provision of shade

27 (22.8)

48 (54.0)

57 (52.7)

132 (41.5)

Home feeding

103 (87.2)

86 (96.6)

96 (88.8)

285 (89.6)

Use of crossbred animals

63 (53.3)

43 (48.3)

67 (62.0)

173 (54.4)

Marketing during shock

117 (99.0)

85 (95.5)

105 (97.0)

307 (96.5)

  1. Numbers in parenthesis indicate percentage