Indigenous and Scientific Forecasts on Climate Change Perceptions of Arable Farmers: Rwenzori Region, Western Uganda

Table 4 Climate variability and change perceptions and access to institutions

Variable	Variable definition	Arable farmers (N = 580)
Temp increase	Temperature increase (1 if yes)	0.22(0.42)
Rainfall seasonality change	Rainfall seasonal change (1 if yes)	0.49(0.5)
Droughts increase	Droughts increase (1 if yes)	0.21(0.41)
Floods increase	Floods increase (1 if yes)	0.11(0.31)
Unpredictable rains	Unpredictable rains (1 if yes)	0.51 (0.5)
Credit access	Credit access (1 if yes)	0.42(0.49)
Improved crop access	Improved crop access (1 if yes)	0.41(0.49)
Nonfarm access	Non-farm access (1 if yes)	0.23(0.42)
Agricultural extension access	Agricultural extension access (1 if yes)	0.11(0.32)
Access govt climate change adaptation interventions	Access to govt climate change adaptation interventions (1 if yes)	0.26(0.44)

Change in onset and cessation of rains
Source: Survey data 2015. Figures in parentheses are standard deviations. There were multiple responses for perception of climate variability and change