Universal Journal of Geoscience Vol. 6(3), pp. 65 - 72
DOI: 10.13189/ujg.2018.060302
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Impacts of Climate Change on Al Tadamon Locality's Livelihoods, Blue Nile State, Sudan

Maha Abd Elgaffar ^1,*, Abdelnabi M.S. ², Abdo G. M ^3
1 Department of Environmental Studies, University of Medical Sciences and Technology (UMST), Sudan
² Program Officer, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Sudan
³ Water Research Center, University of Khartoum, Sudan

ABSTRACT

Climate change is a challenge in the Blue Nile State, Sudan. It puts pressure on the existing vulnerable natural resources and with population increase it leads to conflicts among pastorals and farmers communities. This cross sectional study aimed at determining the indicators of climate change and its impacts on the pastorals livelihoods. It also pointed out mitigation measures suggested by the communities to cope with the impacts of climate change. The methods used for data collection included review of meta-data, interviews based questionnaires and notes of researchers. The major findings indicated a decline in rainfall quantity (from 1000 mm to 800mm), duration (from 5 to 4 months/year) and patterns mostly during El Nino years. According to the respondents, animals died during the decades of severe droughts of 1992 to 2002. Pastorals used strategies to minimize the impacts of climate change such as performing small income generating activities in conjunction with herding.

KEYWORDS
Blue Nile State, Climate Change, Temperature Change, Rainfall Intensity, Pastorals Communities, Livelihoods and Mitigation Measures

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Maha Abd Elgaffar , Abdelnabi M.S. , Abdo G. M , "Impacts of Climate Change on Al Tadamon Locality's Livelihoods, Blue Nile State, Sudan," Universal Journal of Geoscience, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 65 - 72, 2018. DOI: 10.13189/ujg.2018.060302.

(b). APA Format:
Maha Abd Elgaffar , Abdelnabi M.S. , Abdo G. M (2018). Impacts of Climate Change on Al Tadamon Locality's Livelihoods, Blue Nile State, Sudan. Universal Journal of Geoscience, 6(3), 65 - 72. DOI: 10.13189/ujg.2018.060302.