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The case of Ethiopian Farmers [climate Change] |
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by Merry Firdissa | 14-03-2019 21:47
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One of the main reasons abnormal climates came to be a common scenario all across the globe is due to improper waste management. By waste, I mean all kinds of waste but especially green house gases. In Ethiopia, the majority of the population engages in farming activities to make ends meet. And so much of the farming society in Ethiopia still depends on traditional methods to meet their day to day needs. For example, their means of cooking is fire instead of modern cooking utilities and the water they use for drinking comes from springs and rivers. This being their daily activity, the raw material they depend on is nature. They use woods from trees and water from nature but do not replace what they’ve consumed and that means depletion which in turn has its own bad consequences along with acting as a catalyst for abnormal climate. It seemed I suppose that the inhabitants thought that the environment is only a giver, a neutral ground since it has sustained humans for billions of years. But it can only take it for so long, it has now been awoken and does fight back. In fact, it is a time bomb and all that we are doing to undo is doing more. The rural society and the rest of Ethiopia realized that the environment is a force to be reckoned with after they saw its bad consequences. The increase in abnormal rainfall for example caused a scare for the farming society because to farmers, rainfall is a very serious thing. It can be called their planner. It is the calendar they use to do everything. If there are schedules, Google calendars or simply put phones for students, there are rainfalls for farmers, it is the same kind of dependence. Abnormal rainfall means improper growth of crops and plantations which in turn means improper harvest which means low product quality and quantity which eventually means bankruptcy. This gets its way into the economy and affects it negatively especially in Ethiopia because the country is an agriculture based economy. This is a big loss for a country because the harvests usually are once a year and losing a year’s harvest means lagging behind for a year and that is a loss no country wants to suffer so now the government has taken environmental conservation into effect and is doing well. The first step toward resolving this issue is first accepting that the problem does exist. Most people even now today do not consider this issue real, they debate that it is a tactic to get attention. This is a misunderstanding just like that of a child exposed to fire for the first time. It might look alluring and so the child would touch to see and learn its nature. It would not matter if the child were lectured over and over about what fire is, the child would debate back that it is not dangerous at all, it’s color is even orange. Only the experience of touching it is what makes a child understand fire. But we are no children, we humans have been here for long, but we still need an environmental committee coming each week to lecture us on it, and this is wrong. |
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Thank you to all of you!
Posted 22-03-2019 17:06
Hi Merry,
This is another great report, and thank you for letting us know how climate change affects agricultural environment in Ethiopia. I see abnormal rainfall caused a lot of problems to farmers and ultimately it affects the economy as a whole. In Korea, droughts in farm lands is a serious issue and as far as I know, government is trying hard to come up with technology that enables farmers to cultivate without sufficient water. I hope Ethiopian government's effort goes well.
Please keep up the good work and once again, this is excellent!
Louis Mentor
Posted 17-03-2019 22:06
Hello Merry
Nepal too is an agricultural country and our farmers are too facing the impacts of climate change. Thank you for such an detailed and wonderful report. Being an undergraduate student of agriculture myself, I was much impressed by the report. You too can view my blog Kushalnaharki.wordpress.com to view the effects of climate change in the context of Nepalese farmers too.
Keep writing beautiful report.
We are eager to read more reports from you.
Green Cheers from Nepal :) :)
Yours,
Kushal Naharki
Posted 17-03-2019 14:10
Hello Merry!
Thank you for sharing your wonderful report. I've read a lot of tunza ambassadors' reports that focus on the impact of climate change on agriculture products. I think it's meaningful to think about the comparative impacts of global warming on each countries depending on their industry, geology or climate. Yet, you have made a clear point that countries like Ethiopia where most people rely on agriculture industry are more vulnerable to climate change. Also, your metaphor of a child being exposed to fire for the first time was very impressive. You're on the right track! I'm looking forward to reading your next reports.
Wonhee Mentor
Posted 16-03-2019 15:57
Hi Merry, good to hear there are some changes in different directions and the Government is working on several conservation projects - now, I guess, the most important in your country is changing of people mentality - concentration on better knowledge/awareness. This is where your support might be crucial and the most important Thanks
Posted 16-03-2019 14:11
Hello merry
Absolutely there must be balance between what we consume and what is added in the place.
Thank you so much for this wonderful report.
Green cheers!
Posted 15-03-2019 10:32