TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION

DEDICATION ii

APPROVAL iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv

LIST OF ACRONYMS xi

CHAPTER ONE 1

GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1

1.0 Introductions 1

1.2 Background of the study 2

1.3 PROBLEM STATEMENT 3

1.4 GENERAL OBJECTIVE 3

1.5 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES 4

1.6 Research questions 4

1.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 4

CHAPTER TWO 6

LITERATURE REVIEW 6

2.0 Literature Review 6

2.1 Climate Change in Perspective 6

2.2 Adaptation strategies towards the impacts of climate change 6

2.3 Agriculture and food security (includes crop and animal production) 7

2.4 Levels of the impacts of climate change on agricultural production 10

2.5 Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture and Its Determinants 14

2.6 The need for more public support to agriculture 15

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2.7 Climate Change Adaptation Assessment 16

CHAPTER THREE 17

METHODOLOGY 17

3.0 Introduction 17

3.1 Field assessments 17

3.2 Research Design 17

3.3 Area of the study 18

3.4 research population 18

3.5 Sample size 19

3.5.1 Sampling techniques 19

3.6 Data collection methods and instruments 19

3.6.1 Questionnaires 19

3.6.2 Interview guide 20

3.6.3 Focus discussion 20

3.6.4 Participatory observation 20

3.7 Data processing and analysis 20

3.8 Ethical issues 21

CHAPTER FOUR 22

FINDINGS, INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS 22

4.0 Introduction 22

4.1 Bio-data ofrespondents 22

4.1.1 The sexes of the respondents are represented in table 1 22

4.2 ADAPTATION STRATEGIES 38

4.4 Challenges inKathile Sub County Kaabong District in the aftermath of climate change 54

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CHAPTER FIVE .57

5.0 CONCLUSIONS 57

REFERENCES 59

APPENDICES 62

APPENDIX I: QUESTIONNAIRES 62

APPENDIX II: WORK PLAN 67

APPENDIX III: BUDGET 68