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\parbox[b]{13.4cm}{\centering \large{\textbf{Tropentag, September 18-21, 2016, Vienna, Austria}}\\[1ex] \Large{``Solidarity in a competing world ---\\fair use of resources''\\[2ex]}}
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\Large{\textbf{Impact of Climate Change on Household  Food Security in West Kordofan State, Sudan\footnote{\textbf{Contact Address:} Sayed Fadul Elmola, West Kordofan University, Dept. of Rural Development, University Street, Elnohoud, Sudan, \mbox{e-mail}: \email{zareba692000@yahoo.com}}\\[0.8ex]}}
\normalsize{\textsc{Sayed Fadul Elmola}}
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\item[]{\small{\textit{West Kordofan University, Dept. of Rural Development, Sudan}}}
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ABSTRACT: 



This study assesses the potential economic impact of climate change and socio"=economic characteristics that hinders the household food security, in order to provide a meaningful insight and contribute to efforts aimed at ensuring increased food availability through sustainable domestic production and increased income from agricultural production. In Sudan general and West Kordofan State in particularly many researches  has been carried out in the area of household food security. Most of these studies have been indicative and either descriptive or have tended to limit themselves to the national level. The data on having national food balance is not sufficient to understand the food security dynamics in the country and no clear definition of food security and categorisation at the farm household level. The study was conducted on the basis of cross"=district analysis and extrapolates the results to all localities in West Kordofan State, Sudan. One hundred households were randomly selected for interview using pre"=constructed questionnaire during 2015--2016 season. The study identifies choice for adaptation measure that farmers are using to mitigate potential environmental impacts from expected variables in climate change conditions. The study utilised the statistical descriptive and an econometric techniques to describe the trend of impacts of climate change on food security in West Kordofan State. The results indicated that the climate change and socio"=economic are the important factors that affecting the production and productivity of crops in traditional rain"=fed sector in the State. The results of the household food security indicator which calculate from, descriptive and econometric model showed that the production fluctuated due to many factors such as seeds, area cultivated, and type of land, costs of production, rainfall distribution, and farm and off farm income, animal ownership and educational level. In General results show that \mbox{75\,\%} of households did not have sufficient food secure their needs, whereas \mbox{73\,\%} of households reported inadequate income to buy food. It should, however, be noted that the food quantities reported by most households interviewed in the study area are considered to be inadequate and very low as indicators to characterise the household food secure and household food  insecure.



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\noindent \textbf{Keywords:} Climate change, food security, household, kordofan
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