In terms of livelihood risks and planning challenges, is rainfall variability more significant than climate change?

Rainfall patterns typically vary in a basin. This variability presents major risks to farmers’ livelihoods and challenges to planners to create proper structures for water storage and conveyance. With climate change, the frequency of extreme events is expected to increase and make the impacts of variability more pronounced. It is therefore important to clarify the significance of rainfall variability and suggest approaches to document and deal with the challenges involved.

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