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| Titel |
Farmers' perceptions of and adaptation strategies to climate change and their determinants: the case of Punjab province, Pakistan |
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M. Abid, J. Scheffran, U. A. Schneider, M. Ashfaq |
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Englisch
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2190-4979
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In: Earth System Dynamics ; 6, no. 1 ; Nr. 6, no. 1 (2015-05-11), S.225-243 |
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250115422
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/esd-6-225-2015.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Climate change is a global environmental threat to all economic sectors,
particularly the agricultural sector. Pakistan is one of the countries negatively
affected by climate change due to its high exposure to extreme
events and low adaptive capacity. In Pakistan, farmers are the primary
stakeholders in agriculture and are more at risk due to climate
vulnerability. Based on farm household data from 450 households collected
from three districts in three agroecological zones in the Punjab province of
Pakistan, this study examines how farmers perceive climate change and how
they adapt their farming in response to perceived changes in climate. The
results demonstrate that awareness of climate change is widespread throughout the area,
and farm households make adjustments to adapt their agriculture in response
to climatic change. Overall 58% of the farm households adapted their
farming to climate change. Changing crop varieties, changing planting dates,
planting of shade trees and changing fertilizers were the main adaptation
methods implemented by farm households in the study area. The results from the
binary logistic model reveal that education, farm experience, household
size, land area, tenancy status, ownership of a tube well, access to market
information, information on weather forecasting and agricultural
extension services all influence
farmers' choices of adaptation measures. The results also indicate that
adaptation to climate change is constrained by several factors such as lack
of information, lack of money, resource constraints and shortage of
irrigation water in the study area. Findings of the study suggest the need
for greater investment in farmer education and improved institutional setup
for climate change adaptation to improve farmers' wellbeing. |
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