- Climate services
- Climate services
7.1 Access to climate information services (General)
Percentage of farmers (men, female) who answered “Yes” to the question: “During the last 12 month, did you (or anyone in your household) have access to Daily Weather forecast (TV and radio)?”
| Percentage of farmers | N | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Farmers | 142 | 87% |
| Female | 1 | 100% |
| Male | 141 | 87% |
7.2 Access to CIS (by type and gender)
Percentage of farmers (men or female) that answered “Yes” to the following questions: During the last 12 month, did you or anyone in your household have access to Storm or extreme weather warning service? or During the last 12 month, did you (or anyone in your household) have access to Daily Weather forecast (TV and radio)?
| Service | Number of farmers | N | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extreme weather warning | Farmers | 141 | 80% |
| Female | 1 | 100% | |
| Male | 140 | 80% | |
| Weather forecast | Farmers | 142 | 87% |
| Female | 1 | 100% | |
| Male | 141 | 87% |
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 | Cellphone or internet | Radio TV or Loudspeaker | Personal contact or social group | Printed media or community bulletin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmers | Extreme weather warning | 113 | 3% | 88% | 35% | 2% |
| Weather forecast | 123 | 3% | 93% | 24% | 2% | |
| Female | Extreme weather warning | 1 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Weather forecast | 1 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | |
| Male | Extreme weather warning | 112 | 3% | 88% | 36% | 2% |
| Weather forecast | 122 | 3% | 93% | 24% | 2% |
7.3.1 Information channels for extreme weather warning (by gender)
| Number of farmers | N | Cellphone or internet | Radio TV or Loudspeaker | Personal contact or social group | Printed media or community bulletin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 1 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Male | 112 | 3% | 88% | 36% | 2% |
7.3.2 Information channels for weather forecast (by gender)
| Number of farmers | N | Cellphone or internet | Radio TV or Loudspeaker | Personal contact or social group | Printed media or community bulletin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 1 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Male | 122 | 3% | 93% | 24% | 2% |
7.4 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 | 123 | 84% |
| Female | 1 | 100% | |
| Male | 122 | 84% |
7.5 Limiting factors to the use of climate information (by type and gender)
7.5.1 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 Daily Weather forecast (TV and radio)?
| Number of farmers | N | Did not have the resource to take other management decisions | Did not know what decisions to change | Did not understand the information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmers | 20 | 50% | 35% | 15% |
| Male | 20 | 50% | 35% | 15% |
There were no households that reported not being able to use seasonal forecasts
7.6 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 Daily Weather forecast (TV and radio)?”
| Service | Number of farmers | N | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weather forecast | Farmers | 123 | 2% |
| Female | 1 | 100% | |
| Male | 122 | 1% |
7.6.1 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?
| Service | Number of farmers | Trainer | N | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weather forecast | Farmers | Dak Diye Jai/CCAFS | 2 | 50% |
| Relative, neighbor or expert within the community | 2 | 100% | ||
| Female | Dak Diye Jai/CCAFS | 1 | 100% | |
| Relative, neighbor or expert within the community | 1 | 100% | ||
| Male | Relative, neighbor or expert within the community | 1 | 100% |