Table 2 Distribution of rainfall, temperature, per capita crop and child under nutrition status by agro ecologies and study period, Ethiopia, 1996–2004
From: Climate change, crop production and child under nutrition in Ethiopia; a longitudinal panel study
Agro ecology | Year | Rainfall (mm) (mean, SD) | Temperature (°C) (mean, SD) | Per capita crop (kg) | wasting (%) (mean, SD) | Underweight (%) (mean, SD) | Stunting (%) (mean, SD) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Moderate | Severe | Moderate | Severe | Moderate | Severe | |||||
Lowland | 1996 | 547.3(335.9) | 21.42.0) | 391.1(210.5) | 8.1(2.7) | 3.9(0.7) | 41.6(7.9) | 16.7(5.3) | 63.1(6.3) | 42.4(8.3) |
1998 | 540.8(401.3) | 23.1(3.0) | 130.6(121.8) | 9.5(3.8) | 2.9(1.8) | 41.0(8.0) | 14.0(4.9) | 55.8(7.6) | 32.2(6.5) | |
2000 | 512.0(414.7) | 23.6(3.4) | 162.5(154.8) | 11.2(4.5) | 3.7(3.9) | 38.4(9.8) | 13.9(6.6) | 47.6(9.7) | 27.0(8.0) | |
2004 | 464.6(374.0) | 22.5(2.3) | 138.2(136.3) | 9.8(5.4) | 2.8(2.5) | 34.7(10.1) | 12.4(6.9) | 41.7(10.5) | 21.3(7.9) | |
Total | 513.9(377.2) | 22.8(2.6) | 202.3(185.1) | 9.9(4.3) | 3.3(2.6) | 38.79(9.2) | 14.0(6.0) | 51.0(11.5) | 29.6(10.3) | |
Midlands | ||||||||||
1996 | 721.1(165.4) | 18.5(2.3) | 259.4(129.1) | 9.7(2.6) | 4,2(1.1) | 43.0(6.3) | 17.9(4.6) | 65.0(6.0) | 43.7(6.8) | |
1998 | 751.8(304.1) | 19.7(2.7) | 187.3(197.6) | 11.6(4.4) | 2.9(1.4) | 48.4(8.0) | 16.3(4.9) | 57.3(7.4) | 32.8(7.2) | |
2000 | 646.4(263.5) | 19.5(2.9) | 224.8(167.3) | 12.0(2.5) | 4.7(2.2) | 45.7(10.7) | 18.6(5.7) | 56.8(7.6) | 33.4(7.3) | |
2004 | 645.3(292.9) | 19.7(2.8) | 278.2(271.8) | 10.8(4.2) | 3.1(1.8) | 35.7(4.6) | 10.3(3.1) | 43.9(10.9) | 22.2(7.7) | |
Total | 688.0(281.9) | 19.4(2.7) | 233.9(198.0) | 11.2(3.6) | 3.7(1.9) | 43.2(9.1) | 15.6(5.7) | 54.8(11.0) | 32.2(9.8) | |
Highlands | ||||||||||
1996 | 733.0(165.4) | 17.5(1.4) | 217.1(160.6) | 9.6(2.5) | 4.1(1.5) | 45.9(7.6) | 19.5(5.3) | 64.7(6.4) | 43.9(7.4) | |
1998 | 744.2(194.5) | 18.1(1.5) | 163.5(111.9) | 9.9(3.3) | 2.3(1.0) | 49.3(8.0) | 15.3(4.1) | 62.3(8.7) | 35.0(7.3) | |
2000 | 739.1(340.3) | 17.9(1.6) | 186.9(100.2) | 10.5(2.7) | 3.3(1.5) | 38.4(9.8) | 18.9(3.6) | 61.8(6.7) | 37.8(6.80 | |
2004 | 691.2(274.0) | 18.1(1.5) | 182.2(271.8) | 7.0(2.6) | 2.1(1.2) | 36.1(7.5) | 12.8(3.7) | 49.5(9.4) | 28.6(7.8) | |
Total | 726.8(247.3) | 17.9(1.5) | 186.99118.0) | 9.26(3.0) | 2.9(1.5) | 45.3(9.1) | 16.6(4.9) | 59.5(9.8) | 36.2(9.0) | |
All zones | 645.2(317,4) | 19.92(3.11) | 206.9(167.0) | 10.1(3.7) | 3.3(2.1) | 42.5(9.5) | 15.4(5.6) | 55.2(11.2) | 32.8(10.0) | |