1. Climate services

7.1 Access to climate information services (General)

Percentage of farmers (men, female) that answered “Yes” to any of the following questions: “During the last 12 month, did you or anyone in your household have access to Weather forecast (daily/weekly)?” or “During the last 12 month, did you or anyone in your household have access to Weather forecast (daily/weekly)?”

Percentage of farmers N Percentage
Farmers 138 64%
Female 37 57%
Male 101 66%

7.2 Access to CIS (by type and gender)

Percentage of farmers (men or female) that answered “Yes” to the following questions: or During the last 12 month, did you or anyone in your household have access to Weather forecast (daily/weekly)?

Service Number of farmers N Percentage
Weather forecast Farmers 138 64%
Female 37 57%
Male 101 66%

7.2.1 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 or anyone in your household received?

There were no households that received management advisory


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 Cellphone or internet Other
Farmers Weather forecast 88 85% 15% 2%
Female Weather forecast 21 86% 14% 0%
Male Weather forecast 67 85% 15% 3%

7.3.1 Information channels for weather forecast (by gender)

Number of farmers N Radio TV or Loudspeaker Cellphone or internet Other
Female 21 86% 14% 0%
Male 67 85% 15% 3%

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 animal activities (livestock/fish)?”

There were no households that reported having made changes in response to seasonal forecasting, in their agricultural or livestock activities

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 or anyone in your household made in your household cropping activities involved:”

There were no farmers who report making specific changes in their agricultural activities in response to the seasonal forecast


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 or anyone in your household made in your household cropping activities involved:”

There were no farmers who answered the question: “The main change that you or anyone in your household made in your household cropping activities involved:”


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
Weather forecast Farmers 88 91%
Female 21 95%
Male 67 90%

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

7.6.1 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 or anyone in your household not able to use the Weather forecast (daily/weekly)?

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 8 12% 50% 25% 12%
Female 1 0% 100% 0% 0%
Male 7 14% 43% 29% 14%

7.6.2 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 or anyone in your household not able to use the Seasonal forecast?

There were no households that reported not being able to use seasonal forecasts


7.7 Training on Climate information

Percentage of farmers (male and female) who answered Yes to the question: “Did you or anyone in your household receive training on Weather forecast (daily/weekly)?” and “Did you or anyone in your household receive training on Seasonal forecast?”

There were no farmers who received forecasts


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 or anyone in your household receive the training?” and “From whom did you or anyone in your household receive the training?”

There were no farmers who received training of forecasts

2019-12-04