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DOI | 10.3354/cr01524 |
Perception of and response to climate change by maize-dependent smallholders | |
Bedeke, Sisay B.1; Vanhove, Wouter1; Wordofa, Muluken G.2; Natarajan, Kolandavel3; Van Damme, Patrick1,4 | |
2018 | |
发表期刊 | CLIMATE RESEARCH |
ISSN | 0936-577X |
EISSN | 1616-1572 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 75期号:3页码:261-275 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Belgium; Italy; Ethiopia; Czech Republic |
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. |
英文关键词 | Adaptation strategies Observed climate data Crop yield Resilience Seasonal rainfall Africa |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000446364500006 |
WOS关键词 | SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA ; FARMERS PERCEPTIONS ; CHANGE ADAPTATION ; OBSERVED TEMPERATURE ; METEOROLOGICAL DATA ; ADAPTIVE CAPACITY ; CENTRAL RIFT ; VARIABILITY ; DETERMINANTS ; TRENDS |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/38573 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Ghent, Fac Biosci Engn, Lab Trop & Subtrop Agr & Ethnobot, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium; 2.Univ Pavia, Ctr Int Cooperat & Dev, Str Nuova 65, I-27100 Pavia, Italy; 3.Wolaita Sodo Univ, Coll Agr, Wolaita Sodo 138, Ethiopia; 4.Czech Univ Life Sci Prague, Fac Trop AgriSci, Kamycka 129, Prague 16521 6, Suchdol, Czech Republic |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Bedeke, Sisay B.,Vanhove, Wouter,Wordofa, Muluken G.,et al. Perception of and response to climate change by maize-dependent smallholders[J]. CLIMATE RESEARCH,2018,75(3):261-275. |
APA | Bedeke, Sisay B.,Vanhove, Wouter,Wordofa, Muluken G.,Natarajan, Kolandavel,&Van Damme, Patrick.(2018).Perception of and response to climate change by maize-dependent smallholders.CLIMATE RESEARCH,75(3),261-275. |
MLA | Bedeke, Sisay B.,et al."Perception of and response to climate change by maize-dependent smallholders".CLIMATE RESEARCH 75.3(2018):261-275. |
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