DOI: 10.3354/cr01524
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85056225914
论文题名: Perception of and response to climate change by maize-dependent smallholders
作者: Bedeke S.B. ; Vanhove W. ; Wordofa M.G. ; Natarajan K. ; Van Damme P.
刊名: Climate Research
ISSN: 0936577X
出版年: 2018
卷: 75, 期: 3 起始页码: 261
结束页码: 275
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Adaptation strategies
; Africa
; Crop yield
; Observed climate data
; Resilience
; Seasonal rainfall
Scopus关键词: adaptive management
; agroforestry
; climate change
; crop production
; crop yield
; cultivar
; data set
; maize
; perception
; precipitation (climatology)
; rainfall
; seasonal variation
; smallholder
; strategic approach
; Ethiopia
; Zea mays
英文摘要: Smallholder crop producers in sub-Saharan Africa are adversely affected by climate change because of their reliance on rain for crop production. Promoting adaptation interventions at local scale is unlikely to be effective without understanding farmers’ views on climate change. Our study analyzes climate change perceptions and responses by maize-dependent smallholders in Ethiopia. Household-level data on farmers’ climate change perceptions and adaptation strategies were collected. In addition, meteorological data were obtained from local weather stations for the period 1985−2015. Descriptive statistics, standard rainfall anomalies, thematic content methods and binary logistic models were used to analyze the relationship between climate change perceptions and adaptations. Findings show that nearly all farmers perceived climate change through increased hot and warm days and nights as well as decreased precipitation volumes. Results indicate that farmers perceive shortened seasonal rainfall duration in terms of both late start and early end. Farmers employ a range of strategies, notably cropping date adjustment, improved crop variety use, crop diversification, agroforestry practices and seasonal migration to adapt to climate change. Farmers’ adaptation decisions were mainly associated with their climate change perceptions as well as socio-economic factors such as education level and farm experience. It is, therefore, suggested that recognizing farmers’ knowledge and experience on climate change would help develop context-specific, flexible adaptation strategies that better build resilience capacity. © Inter-Research 2018. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/116250
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Bedeke S.B.,Vanhove W.,Wordofa M.G.,et al. Perception of and response to climate change by maize-dependent smallholders[J]. Climate Research,2018-01-01,75(3)