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Biodiversity Conservation
Shubhi Patel, R. K. Mall, Abhiraj Chaturvedi, Rakesh Singh, Ramesh Chand
Summary: This study aimed to understand farmers' perception of climate change and its impact on agriculture. The results showed that a large percentage of farmers perceived changes in temperature and rainfall, and believed that these changes reduced production and revenue. The majority of farmers adopted strategies such as shifting sowing dates, changing crop varieties, and increasing irrigation, while resource saving strategies were not considered. The motivation behind farmers' adaptation choices was monetary benefit rather than knowledge. Constructive policies should prioritize raising awareness and sensitizing farmers through a participatory approach.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Bengu Everest
Summary: The study focuses on farmers' adaptation to climate change through Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) and the adoption of CSA categories. Results show high application potential of CSA categories among farmers, with factors influencing decisions being education, participation in agricultural meetings, land size, and agricultural income. These factors may guide policymakers in taking measures against climate change.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Zarin Tasnim, Sourav Mohan Saha, Md. Emran Hossain, Md. Akhtaruzzaman Khan
Summary: This study assessed wheat farmers' perceptions of climate change and identified major adaptation strategies, factors influencing adaptations, and barriers to effective adaptation. The results revealed that farmers experienced more frequent droughts due to higher temperatures, decreased and irregular precipitation, reduced water availability, and shorter winter seasons over the last two decades. Key adaptation strategies identified were more irrigation, switching to other crops, and changing fertilizer and insecticide usage. Factors influencing farmers' adaptation decisions included farming experience, access to climate information and extension services, access to subsidies, farm size, family size, and electricity for irrigation. Limited access to climate information, inadequate knowledge of appropriate adaptation measures, and low price of wheat represented major barriers to adaptation. The study recommends strengthening agricultural research and extension services to farmers to develop effective adaptation strategies to climate change.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zarin Tasnim, Sourav Mohan Saha, Md Emran Hossain, Md Akhtaruzzaman Khan
Summary: This study assessed wheat farmers' perceptions of climate change, identified major adaptation strategies, factors influencing adaptations, and barriers to effective adaptation by surveying 160 wheat farmers in northwest Bangladesh. The results revealed that farmers experienced more frequent droughts and other climate-related challenges, leading to the adoption of adaptation strategies such as increased irrigation and switching to other crops. Factors influencing adaptation decisions include farming experience, access to climate information and extension services, access to subsidies, and farm and family size. Limited access to climate information and knowledge, as well as low wheat prices, represented major barriers to effective adaptation.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Muhammad Faisal Ali, Sobia Rose
Summary: The study identified farmers' perceptions and adaptations to climate change, highlighting important determinants of adaptation. Lack of access to climate information, irrigation resources, and knowledge about appropriate adaptations were key constraints in the adaptation process. Improving institutional support and capacity could help improve the situation and benefit the economy of Pakistan.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Jiao Chen, Funing Zhong, Dingqiang Sun
Summary: Farmers' adaptive strategies to climate change are crucial for food security and sustainable environment development. However, a comprehensive evaluation of farmers' adaptations and their potential impacts on climate change is lacking. This study conducted a systematic literature review on farmers' adaptation strategies in China and found that crop variety management, rescheduling farming, increasing production inputs, increasing irrigation, and crop structure management were frequently reported strategies. However, sustainable adaptations such as improving farmland's ecological environment and agronomic water-saving irrigation received less attention. Farmers in northern China were more actively adapting to climate change compared to their counterparts in southern China. Moreover, some high adoption ratio adaptations, like increased chemical inputs, might contribute to increased greenhouse gas emissions and accelerated climate change.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Moslem Savari, Mohammad Shokati Amghani
Summary: The study found that farmers lack high levels of adaptation, further factor analysis revealed that they adopted different adaptation strategies such as self-control, active, and integrated strategies. Structural equation modeling showed that social, environmental, infrastructure, and economic factors have a significant positive impact on farmers' selection of adaptation strategies, while human-related factors have an insignificant impact on adopting the strategies.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Krishna Viswanatha Reddy, Venkatesh Paramesh, Vadivel Arunachalam, Bappa Das, P. Ramasundaram, Malay Pramanik, Shankarappa Sridhara, D. Damodar Reddy, Abed Alataway, Ahmed Z. Dewidar, Mohamed A. Mattar
Summary: Climate change is a major obstacle for agricultural development in developing countries. Farmers' perceptions of climate change and their adaptation strategies are crucial in mitigating and adapting to climate change effects. A study in Goa, India, revealed that a majority of farmers have experienced climate change, leading to declining crop and livestock productivity. Farmers are adapting through crop diversification and integrated crop-livestock systems. Policymakers should support climate-resilient agriculture systems to help farmers cope with climate change and enhance their economic wellbeing.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Milan Oplanic, Ana Cehic Maric, Smiljana Goreta Ban, Tajana Cop, Mario Njavro
Summary: The study found that farmers in the Adriatic Croatia region are facing increasing climate risks, with different levels of perceived risk and preferred risk management strategies.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tim T. Pedersen, Mikael Skou Andersen, Marta Victoria, Gorm B. Andresen
Summary: Climate change mitigation is a global challenge that requires national-level authorities to resolve, similar to a "tragedy of the commons". This paradox is reflected in Europe, where climate commitments are made collectively by the EU but implementation is the responsibility of individual Member States. We investigated near-optimal effort-sharing scenarios for decarbonizing the European electricity sector between 55% and 75% relative to 1990, in line with 2030 ambitions. Our findings reveal that only specific effort-sharing schemes can achieve the theoretical minimum system cost, with most cases incurring an additional cost of at least 5%. The results highlight significant inequalities in the efforts required to decarbonize national electricity sectors.
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Environmental Sciences
Margiana Petersen-Rockney
Summary: Crop and livestock farmers in rural areas face physical effects of climate change as well as social risks. Some farmers are hesitant to publicly align themselves with climate change actions due to perceived social consequences. The role of public agricultural advisors is crucial in framing climate policies and practices.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Maryam Shariatzadeh, Masoud Bijani
Summary: This study investigated the impact of farmers' time perspective on their adaptation behavior and capacity towards climate change, with a focus on water scarcity. The findings showed that farmers' adaptation behavior was moderate and mostly present-oriented. There was a significant difference in adaptation behavior among farmers with different time perspectives. Furthermore, the analysis revealed that time perspective indirectly affects adaptation behavior through its impact on adaptation capacity.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Pullens, Kurt Christian Kersebaum, Ulf Boettcher, Henning Kage, Jorgen Eivind Olesen
Summary: Winter oilseed rape is Europe's prime oilseed crop, grown for biofuel and edible oil production. Two crop models were used to investigate the effects of climate change, revealing the most sensitive parameters related to drought. The study focused on the sensitivity of plant traits affecting winter oilseed rape yield under climate change conditions.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY
(2021)
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Water Resources
Shabbir Ahmed, Nuzhat Fatema
Summary: This study examines the adaptation strategies of farmers in coastal Bangladesh to cope with climate change, finding that crop, water, and infrastructure management are the most commonly used strategies. Factors such as gender, family labor, farming experience, and affected sectors are important in determining the effectiveness of adaptation methods. Additionally, age, income, and farm size significantly influence the decision to adopt new adaptation options.
JOURNAL OF WATER AND CLIMATE CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Ghulam Mustafa, Bader Alhafi Alotaibi, Roshan K. Nayak
Summary: This study assessed farmers' climate change awareness in Pakistan and found that the majority of respondents were aware of climate change but had differing perceptions of it. Education, experience, distance to markets, access to agricultural credit, and marketing of produce were found to be significantly related to farmers' climate change awareness. The study also showed that climate change awareness is a significant predictor of adaptation to climate change. Therefore, there is a need to reshape households' perception of climate change and enhance farmers' climate change awareness through existing extension services.
