American Journal of Climate Change, 2022, 11, 79-102 https://www.scirp.org/journal/ajcc ISSN Online: 2167-9509 ISSN Print: 2167-9495 DOI: 10.4236/ajcc.2022.112005 Jun. 20, 2022 79 American Journal of Climate Change Pastoralists’ Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change and Determinant Factors in Korahey Zone, Ethiopia Abdo Wudad Kemal 1* , Abduselam Abdulahi Mohammed 2 , Latamo Lameso Lelamo 3 1 Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Kebri Dehar University, Kebri Dehar, Ethiopia 2 Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Management, Kebri Dehar University, Kebri Dehar, Ethiopia 3 Department of Natural Resource Management, Kebri Dehar University, Kebri Dehar, Ethiopia Abstract Climate change is a global phenomenon that involves the long-term fluctua- tion of the earth’s climate system. Specifically, climate change is acknowledged as a vital challenge to pastoralist production systems. However, limited re- search attention was given to exploring the determinants of climate change adaptation strategies in the southeastern part of Ethiopia. Thus, the study tried to assess the predictors of pastoralists’ climate change adaptation strategies in the Korahey zone of Ethiopia. The study was based on a survey of 215 repre- sentative pastoralist households were randomly selected from the three dis- tricts of the Korahey zone. To achieve the objective, household questionnaire surveys, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions were con- ducted to collect data at the household as well as the district level. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics like percentage, frequency, mean, and in- ferential statistics (multinomial logit model). Multinomial logit was employed to analyze the determinant factors of pastoralists’ adaptation strategies to cli- mate change. The finding shows that household pastoralists adopt different climate change adaptation strategies in their locality; from this herd diversifi- cation (10.7%), storage of fodder (14.4%), mobility (23.7%), Livestock off-take (12%), saving scheme (8.8%) and household and herd splitting (15.3%) are the major pastoralists’ adaptation strategies to climate change in the study area. The results of the multinomial logit model show that sex, age, family size, access to climate information, access to credit services, access to exten- sion services and livestock ownership were identified as the major determi- nants factors of climate change adaptation strategies in Korahey zone. The study recommended that the local government, planners and decision-makers should give awareness regarding the role of information in the pastoralists’ How to cite this paper: Kemal, A. W., Mo- hammed, A. A., & Lelamo, L.L. (2021). Pas- toralists’ Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change and Determinant Factors in Kora- hey Zone, Ethiopia. American Journal of Climate Change, 11, 79-102. https://doi.org/10.4236/ajcc.2022.112005 Received: February 13, 2022 Accepted: June 17, 2022 Published: June 20, 2022 Copyright © 2022 by author(s) and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access