globalchange  > 气候变化与战略
DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2014.04.001
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84906733673
论文题名:
Managing the agricultural calendar as coping mechanism to climate variability: A case study of maize farming in northern Benin, West Africa
作者: Yegbemey R.N.; Kabir H.; Awoye O.H.R.; Yabi J.A.; Paraïso A.A.
刊名: Climate Risk Management
ISSN: 22120963
出版年: 2014
卷: 3
起始页码: 13
结束页码: 23
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Agricultural calendar ; Benin ; Climate variability ; Coping mechanism ; Driving forces ; Farmers' behaviours
英文摘要: Nowadays climate variability and change are amongst the most important threats to sustainable development, with potentially severe consequences on agriculture in developing countries. Among many available coping mechanisms, farmers adjust some of their farming practices. This article aims at exploring observed changes in the agricultural calendar as a response to climate variability in northern Benin. Interviews with local experts (agricultural extension officers and local leaders such as heads of farmer and village organisations) and group discussions with farmers were organised. A household survey was also conducted on 336 maize producers to highlight the factors affecting decisions to adjust the agricultural calendar as a coping mechanism against climate variability. As a general trend, the duration of the cropping season in northern Benin is getting longer with slight differences among and within agro-ecological zones, implying a higher risk of operating under time-inefficient conditions. Farmers receive very limited support from agricultural extension services and therefore design their agricultural calendar on the basis of personal experience. Socio-economic characteristics, maize farming characteristics as well as farm location determine the decision to adjust the agricultural calendar. Consequently, providing farmers with climate related information could ensure a rational and time-efficient management of the agricultural calendar. Moreover, research and extension institutions should help in establishing and popularising clear agricultural calendars while taking into account the driving forces of behaviours towards the adjustment of farming practices as a climate variability response. © 2014 The Authors.
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/59074
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作者单位: Institute of Project and Regional Planning, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Nutritional Sciences, and Environmental Management, Justus-Liebig University of Giessen, Senckenbergstrasse 3, D-35390 Giessen, Germany; Département d'Economie et Sociologie Rurales, Faculté d'Agronomie, Université de Parakou, BP: 123, Parakou, Benin; Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh; Institute of Geography and Geology, Physical Geography, Julius-Maximilians-University of Wuerzburg, Am Hubland D-97074, Germany; Département de Techniques de Production Végétale, Faculté d'Agronomie, Université de Parakou, BP: 123, Parakou, Benin

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Yegbemey R.N.,Kabir H.,Awoye O.H.R.,et al. Managing the agricultural calendar as coping mechanism to climate variability: A case study of maize farming in northern Benin, West Africa[J]. Climate Risk Management,2014-01-01,3
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