*2.2. Data Collection*

We used a household survey to collect quantitative and qualitative data for this study. A total of 310 semi-structured questionnaires were administered to heads of households who had been pre-selected through stratified and random sampling procedures. Eight villages were selected randomly from the sub-district and village lists were then obtained from the Bobonong Sub-Land Board. A proportionally representative sample was drawn from each village list using random numbers generated using R studio. Each village sample had an excess of 50% of the potential participants to cater for cases where the household head or household was not available as reflected on the lists from the Sub-Land Board. A request and notification for actual interviews were sent at least 2 weeks in advance through the traditional leadership led by Chiefs who, together with the Village Development Committees (VDCs), helped identify and notify the pre-selected participants. Reminders for interviews were sent again four days and a day before the actual interview date through the VDCs who then reminded the participants and confirmed their availability for the interview. For those not available or who decided not to participate, the VDC then replaced them with the next available participant from the list with the 50% extra participants for each selected ward. The chances of not finding participants were therefore very minimal.

Each head of the 310 randomly selected households in Bobirwa sub-district who consented to be interviewed were asked about their household demography and to state their income and income sources, household assets, farming implements, livestock owned, arable land owned, access to climate information and channels used, input use, and crop production. They were also asked to state their farm and off-farm coping strategies and adaptative responses to climate change and variability. Specifically, households were asked to report actual practices implemented against climate change and/or more severe droughts within the last 5–10 years in order to capture climate change-induced adaptation strategies. The adaptation options in the household questionnaire were partly informed by the key informant interviews and participatory mapping process. In the absence of the head of household (De jure head), the most senior member of the household available (De facto head) was interviewed.