7.1 Access to climate information services (General)

Percentage of farmers (men, female) that answered “Yes” to any of the following questions: “In the last 12 months, did you personally have access to weekly weather forecast information?” or “In the last 12 months, did you personally have access to weekly weather forecast information?”

Percentage of farmers	N	Percentage
Farmers	215	85%
Female	76	82%
Male	139	86%

7.2 Access to CIS (by type and gender)

Percentage of farmers (men or female) that answered “Yes” to the following questions: In the last 12 months, did you personally have access to storm or extreme weather warning?, In the last 12 months, did you personally have access to weekly weather forecast information? or In the last 12 months, did you personally have access to seasonal forecast?

Service	Number of farmers	N	Percentage
Extreme weather warning	Farmers	213	57%
	Female	74	50%
	Male	139	61%
Seasonal forecast	Farmers	214	74%
	Female	75	71%
	Male	139	76%
Weather forecast	Farmers	214	46%
	Female	76	34%
	Male	138	52%

7.2.1 Access to management advisories associated with climate information services

Percentage of farmers (men, female) who answered Yes to the questions: Was this weekly weather forecast provided also associated with agro-advisory services? and Was this weather information provided also associated with agro-advisory services?

Number of farmers	Forecasts	N	Percentage
Farmers	Weather forecast	97	82%
Farmers	Seasonal forecast	156	85%
Female	Weather forecast	26	77%
Female	Seasonal forecast	53	77%
Male	Weather forecast	71	85%
Male	Seasonal forecast	103	89%

7.2.2 Access to management advisories associated with Seasonal Forecast (by type and gender)

Percentage of farmers (male and female) who reported receiving different types of agro-advisories associated with the seasonal forecast, who answered the question: Which type of management advisory you personally received?

Number of farmers	N	Other	Crop management (Varieties, fertilizer use)	Water / irrigation management	Pest management	Livestock management
Farmers	134	14%	91%	54%	34%	20%
Female	41	17%	90%	37%	41%	15%
Male	93	13%	91%	62%	31%	23%

7.3 CIS channels (by type of CIS and gender)

Percentage of farmers who answered the question: “Through which channel did you personally receive [The CIS]”?

Number of farmers	Service	N	Radio TV or Loudspeaker	Other	Personal contact or social group	Printed media or community bulletin	Cellphone or internet
Farmers	Extreme weather warning	123	89%	5%	15%	0%	0%
	Seasonal forecast	158	97%	1%	9%	2%	3%
	Weather forecast	98	98%	3%	3%	2%	0%
Female	Extreme weather warning	38	84%	5%	21%	0%	0%
	Seasonal forecast	53	96%	2%	8%	0%	4%
	Weather forecast	26	92%	8%	8%	4%	0%
Male	Extreme weather warning	85	92%	5%	12%	0%	0%
	Seasonal forecast	105	98%	1%	10%	3%	2%
	Weather forecast	72	100%	1%	1%	1%	0%

7.3.1 Information channels for extreme weather warning (by gender)

Number of farmers	N	Radio TV or Loudspeaker	Other	Personal contact or social group
Female	38	84%	5%	21%
Male	85	92%	5%	12%

7.3.2 Information channels for weather forecast (by gender)

Number of farmers	N	Radio TV or Loudspeaker	Other	Personal contact or social group	Printed media or community bulletin
Female	26	92%	8%	8%	4%
Male	72	100%	1%	1%	1%

7.3.3 Information channels for seasonal forecast (by gender)

Number of farmers	N	Radio TV or Loudspeaker	Other	Personal contact or social group	Printed media or community bulletin	Cellphone or internet
Female	53	96%	2%	8%	0%	4%
Male	105	98%	1%	10%	3%	2%

7.4 Changes in farming activities driven by access to the seasonal forecast

Percentage of farmers (male, female) that answered Yes to the questions: “In response to the seasonal forecast, did you or anyone in your household undertake changes in your cropping activities?” and “In response to the seasonal forecast, did you or anyone in your household undertake changes in your livestock activities?”

	Changes cropping activities		Changes in animal related activities
Number of farmers	N	Percentage	N	Percentage
Farmers	157	64%	158	8%
Female	54	46%	53	6%
Male	103	74%	105	9%

7.4.1 Specific changes in cropping activities driven by Seasonal forecast (by gender)

Percentage of farmers (male, female) who reported specific changes in their cropping activities and/or to their crops in response to the seasonal forecast, answering the question: “The main change that you personally made in your household cropping activities involved:”

Number of farmers	N	changing crops	Changing management practice of current cropping activities in my farm
Farmers	104	24%	76%
Female	26	19%	81%
Male	78	26%	74%

7.4.1.1 Specific changes in cropping activities driven by Seasonal forecast (by gender)

Percentage of farmers (male, female) who reported specific changes in their cropping activities and/or to their crops in response to the seasonal forecast, answering the question: “The main change that you personally made in your household cropping activities involved:”

Number of farmers	N	Abandoned a crop	Changed varieties (substitution)	Introduced more crops (diversification)
Farmers	25	32%	16%	52%
Female	5	20%	20%	60%
Male	20	35%	15%	50%

7.4.2. Specific changes in animal related activities driven by Seasonal forecast (by gender)

Percentage of farmers (men, female) who reported making specific changes in their livestock activities in response to the seasonal forecast, answering the question: “The main changes your personally made related in your household livestock activities involved:”

Number of farmers	N	Changing herd size	Changing livestock	Changing pasture/ feed management	Sale, Relocation or migration of herd
Farmers	12	8%	17%	67%	8%
Female	3	33%	0%	33%	33%
Male	9	0%	22%	78%	0%

7.4.2.1 Specific changes made in livestock in response to seasonal prognosis (by gender)

Percentage of farmers (men, female) who reported making specific changes in their livestock activities in response to the seasonal forecast, answering the question: “The main change you personally made related to your household livestock in response to the information received was that you:”

Number of farmers	N	Introduced more livestock types (diversification)
Farmers	2	100%
Male	2	100%

7.5 Farmers capacity to use climate information

Percentage of farmers (male and female) who answered Yes to three questions related to the ability to use weather information: “Were you ABLE to use the daily/weekly weather forecast to take a specific agricultural related decision?” and “Were you ABLE to use the Seasonal forecast to take a specific agricultural related decision?”

Service	Number of farmers	N	Percentage
Extreme weather warning	Farmers	120	68%
	Female	37	54%
	Male	83	75%
Seasonal forecast	Farmers	158	78%
	Female	53	68%
	Male	105	83%
Weather forecast	Farmers	98	73%
	Female	26	62%
	Male	72	78%

7.6 Limiting factors to the use of climate information (by type and gender)

7.6.1 Limiting factors to the use of early warning

Percentage of farmers (male and female) that reported specific reasons for the non-use of early warning information by answering the question: Why were you personally not able to use the storm or extreme weather warning?

Number of farmers	N	Did not have the resource to take other management decisions	Did not know what decisions to change	Did not trust the information / not accurate enough	Did not understand the information
Farmers	36	11%	31%	39%	19%
Female	17	18%	29%	29%	24%
Male	19	5%	32%	47%	16%

7.6.2 Limiting factors to the use of daily forecasts (by gender)

Percentage of farmers (man and female) who reported specific reasons for their inability to use the information from the daily forecasts answering the question: Why were you personally not able to use the weekly weather forecast?

Number of farmers	N	Did not have the resource to take other management decisions	Did not know what decisions to change	Did not trust the information / not accurate enough	Did not understand the information
Farmers	25	8%	20%	40%	32%
Female	9	11%	11%	56%	22%
Male	16	6%	25%	31%	38%

7.6.3 Limiting factors to the use of seasonal forecasts (by gender)

Percentage of farmers (male and female) who reported specific reasons for their inability to use seasonal forecast information by answering the question: Why were you personally not able to use the seasonal forecast?

Number of farmers	N	Did not have the resource to take other management decisions	Did not know what decisions to change	Did not trust the information / not accurate enough	Did not understand the information
Farmers	36	14%	17%	36%	33%
Female	18	22%	17%	28%	33%
Male	18	6%	17%	44%	33%

7.7 Training on Climate information

Percentage of farmers (male and female) who answered Yes to the questions: “Did you personally receive training on storm or extreme weather warning?”, “Did you personally receive training on weekly weather forecast?” and “Did you personally receive training on seasonal forecast?”

Service	Number of farmers	N	Percentage
Extreme weather warning	Farmers	122	21%
	Female	38	11%
	Male	84	26%
Seasonal forecast	Farmers	155	15%
	Female	52	8%
	Male	103	18%
Weather forecast	Farmers	98	16%
	Female	26	15%
	Male	72	17%

7.7.1 Source of training on climate services (by type)

Percentage of farmers (male, female) who reported receiving training in climate services from different sources, answering the question: From whom did you personally receive the training?, From whom did you personally receive the training? and From whom did you personally receive the training?

Service	Number of farmers	Trainer	N	Percentage
Extreme weather warning	Farmers	CCAFS / NARO	26	69%
		Government agricultural extension or Meteorogical office	26	38%
		Commercial / private company	26	8%
		Relative, neighbor or expert within the community	26	4%
		CCAFS	26	4%
	Female	CCAFS / NARO	4	100%
	Female	Government agricultural extension or Meteorogical office	4	25%
	Male	CCAFS / NARO	22	64%
		Government agricultural extension or Meteorogical office	22	41%
		Commercial / private company	22	9%
		Relative, neighbor or expert within the community	22	5%
		CCAFS	22	5%
Seasonal forecast	Farmers	CCAFS / NARO	24	75%
		Government agricultural extension or Meteorogical office	24	38%
		Relative, neighbor or expert within the community	24	8%
		Commercial / private company	24	12%
		CCAFS	24	4%
		Don’t know	24	4%
	Female	CCAFS / NARO	5	60%
		Government agricultural extension or Meteorogical office	5	60%
		Relative, neighbor or expert within the community	5	40%
		Commercial / private company	5	20%
	Male	CCAFS / NARO	19	79%
		Government agricultural extension or Meteorogical office	19	32%
		Commercial / private company	19	11%
		CCAFS	19	5%
		Don’t know	19	5%
Weather forecast	Farmers	CCAFS / NARO	16	56%
		Government agricultural extension or Meteorogical office	16	50%
		Don’t know	16	6%
		CCAFS	16	6%
	Female	CCAFS / NARO	4	50%
		Government agricultural extension or Meteorogical office	4	25%
		Don’t know	4	25%
	Male	CCAFS / NARO	12	58%
		Government agricultural extension or Meteorogical office	12	58%
		CCAFS	12	8%

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