The Influence Of Indigenous Knowledge On Climate Change Adaptation And Mitigation By Local Communities In Kidongole Sub-county, Bukedea District, Uganda.

Long before the initiation of modern scientific methods for weather forecasting and climate prediction, most of the local people used traditional ways and indicators of rainfall forecasting/prediction in order to develop local adaptation and mitigation strategies. The main objective of the study was to assess the influence of indigenous knowledge on climate change adaptation in climate change adaptation and mitigation by local communities in Kidongole sub county, Bukedea district by identifying the climate change indicators as a basis for adaptation in the community, finding out how the indige…