Adaptation to Climate Variability Among Pastoralist

This book is written with the intention of exposing the traditional knowledge, skills and livelihood adaptation strategies employed by the Pastoralists and Agro-pastoralist Communities to curve the climate variability situations in Jigjiga District Somali Regional State, Ethiopia. Moreover, in this volume some key issues and areas of concerns about Adaptation to Climate Variability among the pastoralist and agro-pastoralists has been dealt with wider array of livelihood adaptation strategies in the light of Sustainable Livelihood framework approach to combat climate variability in the study area. Furthermore, this book provides numerous examples and incorporated very useful recommendations throughout, while skillfully indicating the systematic ways by which environmental resources and other livelihood assets are utilized and properly managed. Thus, adapting to climate variability in particular and climate changes in general seeks global thinking and local actions whereby saving our planet from easily torn by the changing climate. "Let's Save our Planet by Planting Trees and hence Creating Corbon Free World for ourselves and the coming generation."

Getachew Megerssa has acquired his first degree in Bachelor of Education (BED) from Dilla University in Geography in 2004 and pursued his education & awarded his second degree (MA) from Addis Ababa University in Environment & Development in 2010. Since then, he is a Lecturer at Jigjiga University and engaged in climate change adaptation projects.