MEHARU GENETO2026-01-302023https://etd.hu.edu.et/handle/123456789/398This study was conducted Small holder farmers strategies towards copping with the effect of climate change on maize crop in Kedida Gamela Woreda ,Kembata Tembaro Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia » Primary data were collected using key informant interviews, group discussions and household surveys with 164 sample respondent households. Both descriptive and inferential (multinomial logit model ) statistics were used to analyze the collected data. According to the result shows about (85.4%) of the respondents have perceived high rainfall amount reduction while 11.6%respondents perceived moderate reduction of rainfall. such rainfall reduction perception by farmers has been confirmed by meteorological data record of the past 30 years. Average annual rainfall of the area has been declined by the rate of 2.269 mm annually. Similarly, 100 % of interviewed farmers said that temperature showed an increasing trend. According to the meteorological data for past 20 years showed that average temperature of the kedida GamelaWoreda was 20.63°C,with minimum temperature of 15.3 °C. And maximum temperature of 25.95°C.The same data confirmed that there is average mean annual temperature increment by 0.13°c. The multinomial logit model results reviled that he most common adaptation strategies practiced by farmers include planting of drought resistant maize crop variety, early maturing maize crop variety, early planting of maize crop variety, high yielding maize crop varieties implementing small scale irrigation practices, fertilizer application of animal manure. The result also indicates that ,age, family size, land size, education, farming experience and climate information are factors affecting household’s choice of maize adaptations strategies in the study area. In the study area the amount of rainfall shows decreasing pattern and temperature increasing for last years. Therefore government should take responsibility for further plan and encourage an effective implementation of an alternative strategies that can minimize the dependency on limited variety of maize crops and take responsibility on appropriate climate change and variability adaptation strategies such as, using of drought resistant maize crop varieties, high yielding maize crop varieties, early maturing maize crop varieties, according to the season early planting of maize crop varieties, practicing water harvesting technology and irrigation practices. And government should provide farmers with extension services, moreover, ensuring credit facilities to enhance farmers’ access to credit, which will increase their capability to adapt climate change.en-USClimate changeclimate variabilityperceptionvulnerabilityadaptation strategiesThesis