Impacts of climate hazards on access to markets and small businesses in Nyumanzi Settlement – Adjumani District

This brief explores how climate shocks disrupt markets and small businesses in Nyumanzi refugee settlement, damaging infrastructure, increasing costs, and reducing incomes. It highlights vendors’ coping strategies and the need for climate-resilient market systems and livelihood support.

Key Messages: 

• Extreme weather is disrupting Nyumanzi/Dzaipi/Arinyapi markets and small businesses by damaging roads and stalls disrupting supply chains, leaving vendors struggling to access and sell goods. 
• As heat, floods and poor drainage make working conditions harsh and unsafe, these extreme weather events can undermine vendors’ health, safety and income.
• Community responses to climate hazards affecting markets and small businesses include upgrading stalls, installing drainage, adjusting market hours, planting shade trees, relocating or engaging in mobile vending when market access is disrupted.