The study outlined in this article examines farmers’ perception and adaptation to climate change in Guto Gidda and Sasigga districts of Oromia Regional National State in Ethiopia. Farmers’ perception and adaptation strategies to climate change are examined. Estimation result show that farmers’ level of education, household nonfarm income, livestock ownership, extension on crop and livestock, household’s credit accessibility, perception of increase in temperature and perception of decrease in precipitation significantly affect the adaptation to climate change. Similarly the study is taken to show that farmers’ perception of climate change was affected significantly by information on climate, farmer to farmer extension, local agro \–ecology, number of relatives in development group and perception of change in duration of season.

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Livestock management
Ethiopia
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Climate change monitoring