Table 5.

Farmers’ perceptions of rainfall variability in Dire Dawa administration.

Climatic variables	Perceived change
	Increase		Decrease		No change
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Annual rainfall	4	3.3	108	90	8	6.7
Belg seasonal rainfall	10	8.3	103	85.8	7	5.8
Kiremt seasonal rainfall	19	15.8	89	74.2	12	10