Ntengo,Revocatus Kayaga2025-12-052025-12-052014https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/20.500.14820/7173DissertationThis study was conducted in Meatu and Iramba Districts which are part of the semi arid regions of Simiyu and Singida Regions. The purpose of the study was to assess the farmer’s climate-related production risks and resilience in the semi-arid areas. The study addressed the following specific objectives: i) to characterise climate risks associated with different sources of farmer’s income, ii) to evaluate climate risk resilience ofsmallholder farmers from major income subsector, and iii) To determine the effect of climate change on farm income from major crops. The study design was cross sectional. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from a random sample of 100 smallholder farmers. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize the climate risks associated with the different sources of a farmer’s income, Multi-Criteria approach was used to evaluate the incomc-bascd resilience of fanners’ with respect to major climatic risks and a distributed lag model was used to determine the effect of climate change on income from major crops. The results indicate that on characterization of the risks it was found that most of the climate risks affected income sources differently; crops by 98%, livestock by 64% and off-farm sources by 43% only. Over three quarters of the respondents (96%) were found to be not resilient to climate risks and majority (96%) of them laid in the medium and high risk categories. The results also indicate that maize was highly affected by rainfall related climate risks by producing 0.88 tonnes/ha compared to other crops such as sorghum (1.09 tonnes/ha) and cotton (0.94 tonnes/ha). Based on the findings the study draws the following policy-relevant recommendations: the government and other agricultural stakeholders should enhance smallholder farmers to diversify their income generating activities through off-farm activities, promote a good agronomic practice among farmers, open a room for a reliable market by intervening and setting up the favorable and stable price for farmers through improving market infrastructures and market information.enProduction risksSemi-arid areasClimate risksFarmer’s incomeThesis