Table 1 Key contextual information on the ten mountain regions studied
From: Perceived climate change impacts and adaptation responses in ten African mountain regions
Site | Main ethnic group | Adults | Farm size (ha) | Large animals (%) | Farming (%) | Staple crop | Cash crop | House owner (%) | Radio owner (%) | No education (%) | CC literate (%) | ILK sown seeds (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bamboutos (Cameroon) | Bamiléké | 4.3 | 1.4 | 60% pigs | 69% farming | Maize, beans, Irish potato | Irish potato | 91 | 65 | 21 | 57 | 100 |
Itombwe (Democratic Republic of the Congo) | Nyindu | 4.6 | 1.9 | 96% cows | 99% farming | Maize and Irish potato | NA | 100 | 67 | 82 | 24 | 100 |
Kigezi (Uganda) | Bakiga | 2.6 | 1.7 | 67% pigs | 100% farming (33% coffee) | Maize, beans, Irish potato | Coffee/Irish potato | 95.4 | 64 | 6.6 | 49 | 95 |
Bale (Ethiopia) | Oromo | 5.8 | 0.54 | 90% cows/goats | 97% farming (88% coffee) | Maize, teff, mung bean | Coffee/sesame | 95 | 78 | 86 | 79 | 11.3 |
Mt Kenya (Kenya) | Meru | 2.9 | 1 | 88% cows/goats | 99% farming (44% coffee) | Maize, beans, Irish potato | Coffee/banana | 100 | 100 | 2 | 82 | 82 |
Aberdare (Kenya) | Kikuyu | 3.4 | 2.4 | 90% cows/goats | 96% farming (40% coffee) | Maize, beans, Irish potato | Coffee/tea | 100 | 99 | 2.6 | 81 | 68 |
Kibiria (Burundi) | Bantua | 2.7 | 0.5 | 37% cows/pigs | 100% farming | Maize, beans, Irish potato | Tea | 92 | 71.3 | 66.6 | 96 | 98 |
Nyungwe (Rwanda) | Bantua | 1.8 | 0.74 | 54% cows/pigs | 60% farming | Beans | Beans | 100 | 44 | 29 | 90 | 53.3 |
Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) | Chagga | 2.9 | 2.3 | 87% cows | 60% farming (8.5% coffee) | Banana, maize, beans, yams | Coffee | 100 | 97 | 1 | 99 | NA |
Udzungwa (Tanzania) | Hehe | 3.9 | 3.9 | 55% goats/pigs | 60% farming | Maize, beans, millet | Irish potato/onions | 97.3 | 45 | 8 | 98 | NA |
