Received: 06-12-2021 / Accepted: 15-08-2022
The study was carried out to determine the level of application of adaptation measures and analyse the factors affecting farmers’choice fordifferent levels of adaptation measures to climate change in the Northwest region. The study site is one of the areas most vulnerable to climate change because most people have the main sourceof income from agricultural production. Primary data werecollected by direct interviewon 438 farmer households through questionnaires. The multivariable logit regression model was used to estimate the influence of the household's socio-economic factors on the level of application of 3 mainsolutionsthat are most frequently applied by surveyed households. The results show that the education level, number of members, agricultural land area and total income from agriculture of the household were the main factors affecting the household's application of adaptation measures. Therefore, the study recommends solutions to raise people's awareness and diversify incomes to minimise impacts of climate change.