1. 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 140 83%
Female 6 83%
Male 134 83%

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 140 71%
Female 6 33%
Male 134 73%
Weather forecast Farmers 140 83%
Female 6 83%
Male 134 83%

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 Personal contact or social group Cellphone or internet Printed media or community bulletin
Farmers Extreme weather warning 100 97% 32% 2% 1%
Weather forecast 116 99% 27% 2% 2%
Female Extreme weather warning 2 100% 0% 0% 0%
Weather forecast 5 100% 0% 0% 0%
Male Extreme weather warning 98 97% 33% 2% 1%
Weather forecast 111 99% 28% 2% 2%

7.3.1 Information channels for extreme weather warning (by gender)

Number of farmers N Radio TV or Loudspeaker Personal contact or social group Cellphone or internet Printed media or community bulletin
Female 2 100% 0% 0% 0%
Male 98 97% 33% 2% 1%

7.3.2 Information channels for weather forecast (by gender)

Number of farmers N Radio TV or Loudspeaker Personal contact or social group Cellphone or internet Printed media or community bulletin
Female 5 100% 0% 0% 0%
Male 111 99% 28% 2% 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 116 83%
Female 5 80%
Male 111 83%

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 trust the information / not accurate enough Did not understand the information
Farmers 20 55% 5% 5% 35%
Female 1 100% 0% 0% 0%
Male 19 53% 5% 5% 37%

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)?”

There were no farmers who received forecasts

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?

There were no farmers who received training of forecasts

2019-12-04