Strategy | Upper Zigi | Lower Mngeta | Past Lower Mngeta | Present Lower Mngeta | Past Upper Zigi | Present Upper Zigi |
Crop diversification | 76.4 | 79.8 | √ | √ | √ | √ |
Combining farming and livestock | 64.9 | 81.6 | √ | √ | √ | √ |
Use of improved crop variety | 52.8 | 39.9 | - | √ | - | √ |
soil and water conservation measures | 46.9 | 55.5 | - | √ | - | √ |
Use of agro-chemicals | 23.1 | 71.8 | - | √ | - | √ |
Use of manure | 64.2 | 8.6 | √ | √ | √ | √ |
Shifting cultivation | 43.3 | 40.8 | √ |
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Non Timber forest products | 55.2 | 40.8 | √ | √ | √ | √ |
Buying food | 50.8 | 60.9 | √ | √ | √ | √ |
Fishing | - | 18.8 | √ | √ | - | - |
Cultivation of seasonal crops | - | 11.7 | √ | √ | - | - |
Irrigation | 22 | 40.8 | - | √ | - | √ |
Changing of the planting seasons | - | 56.2 | - | √ | - | - |
Skipping meal | 34.8 | 41.1 | - | √ | - | - |
Re-sowing | 40 | 21.1 | √ | √ | √ | √ |
Work parties | - | 15.4 | √ | √ | - | - |
Forecasting using bio-indicator | 22.3 | 21.1 | - | - | √ | - |
Consume animals which are not consumed at normal circumstance | - | 23.5 | √ | √ | - | - |
Receiving aid | 12.5 | 18.6 | √ | √ | √ | √ |
Providing grazing areas for livestock | - | 12.5 | - | √ | - | - |
Staying at farms to guard crops | 29 | 34.4 | √ | √ | √ | √ |
Rituals and sacrifices | 12.5 | 21.1 | √ | √ | √ | √ |
Barter trade | 8.1 | 5.6 | √ | √ | √ | √ |