Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Paddy Production in Malaysia

Zainal, Zahid; Shamsudin, Mad Nasir; Mohamed, Zainal Abidin; Adam, Shehu Usman; Kaffashi, Sara

doi:10.3923/rjes.2014.331.341

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“…Firdaus et al [20] also by applying Mann-Kendall and Sen's slope found that climate change is significantly reducing paddy production, ultimately impacting food security in Malaysia. Similarly, Zainal et al [32] used rainfall, temperature, and labor variables in a regression model and revealed that temperature and precipitation variability negatively impacts paddy production in Malaysia. However, in other countries such as Pakistan, Chandio et al [33] revealed that high CO 2 emissions and temperature reduce wheat production, while rainfall enhances it over the long and short run.…”

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Impacts of Environmental Variables on Rice Production in Malaysia

Solaymani

2023

World

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Climate change has brought significant changes to the earth and agriculture is the main economic sector that has suffered. The current study aims to assess the impact of climatic factors—measured by precipitation, temperature, and CO2 emissions—on rice production using time series from 1961 to 2019 in Malaysia. This research follows the ARDL bounds test and dynamic ARDL simulations methods to estimate long- and short-term connections of the variables under consideration. Empirical evidence indicates that long-run cointegration exist between variables. The results suggest that the sensitivity of rice production to changes in harvested area and temperature is high, while it is low for other inputs. Due to high humidity, the effect of precipitation on rice production is not significant, while temperature can reduce rice yield in the long and short term. However, the impact of carbon emissions on rice production is insignificant. Among the other determinants of rice production, the impact of agricultural labor is negative, but more area cultivation increases rice production over the long and short term. Results also show that the magnitude of the impact of the 2% increase (decrease) in temperature on rice production is greater than the changes in rainfall and carbon emissions. The results for the frequency domain causality test show that a one-way causality exists between temperature and rice production and between carbon emissions and rice production in the short and long run. Hence, the findings of this study can help policy makers to formulate appropriate adaptation methods and mitigation policies to reduce the negative effects of climate change on Malaysian rice production.

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Impacts of Environmental Variables on Rice Production in Malaysia

Solaymani

2023

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“…Cereal crops such as rice, wheat and maize are the most widely grown and consumed crops in India. All these crops are highly vulnerable to climate change threatening food security and the livelihoods of rural households (Kaffashi, 2014; Kumar and Singh, 2014). Climate change has a significant impact on cereal crops such as rice, which are indeed produced and consumed by a large portion of the Asian population (Bandumula, 2018).…”

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An analysis of long-term and short-term impact of climate change on rice production in India

Singh,

Arora,

Babu

2024

CAER

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PurposeClimate change-related weather events significantly affect rice production. In this paper, we investigate the impact of and interrelationships between agriculture inputs, climate change factors and financial variables on rice production in India from 1970–2021.Design/methodology/approachThis study is based on the time series analysis; the unit root test has been employed to unveil the integration order. Further, the study used various econometric techniques, including vector autoregression estimates (VAR), cointegration test, autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model and diagnostic test for ARDL, fully modified least squares (FMOLS), canonical cointegrating regression (CCR), impulse response functions (IRF) and the variance decomposition method (VDM) to validate the long- and short-term impacts of climate change on rice production in India of the scrutinized variables.FindingsThe study's findings revealed that the rice area, precipitation and maximum temperature have a significant and positive impact on rice production in the short run. In the long run, rice area (ß = 1.162), pesticide consumption (ß = 0.089) and domestic credit to private sector (ß = 0.068) have a positive and significant impact on rice production. The results show that minimum temperature and direct institutional credit for agriculture have a significant but negative impact on rice production in the short run. Minimum temperature, pesticide consumption, domestic credit to the private sector and direct institutional credit for agriculture have a negative and significant impact on rice production in the long run.Originality/valueThe present study makes valuable and original contributions to the literature by examining the short- and long-term impacts of climate change on rice production in India over 1970–2021. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, The majority of the studies examined the impact of climate change on rice production with the consideration of only “mean temperature” as one of the climatic variables, while in the present study, the authors have considered both minimum as well as maximum temperature. Furthermore, the authors also considered the financial variables in the model.

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“…Specifically, in Pakistan farming communities, climate change has affected agricultural production negatively through occurring incidences of disastrous floods that led to loss of farmlands, through severe droughts, extreme maximum temperatures, changes in rainfall pattern and crop diseases (Ullah et al , 2018). Also, in Malaysia, climate change has had a negative impact on paddy production (Zainal et al , 2014).…”

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Climate change perception and adaptation among farmers in coastal communities of Bayelsa State, Nigeria: a photovoice study

Elum

Snijder

2023

IJCCSM

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Purpose There is an increasing need for greater awareness and understanding of the risks climate change poses to farming communities so as to inform appropriate adaptive responses. The purpose of this study is to investigate farmers’ climate change impacts, awareness, risk perception and current adaptation strategies adopted to deal with the impacts of climate change on their livelihood. Design/methodology/approach This research was undertaken with 67 farmers in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. This study used a combination of focus group discussion and quantitative survey to obtain data. Surveyed farmers were invited to an initial workshop and asked to take photos of climate change impacts on their land and the adaptation strategies being adopted. The photos were analysed and discussed with the farmers in a second workshop. Then, in a third workshop, farmers and other stakeholders came together to rank the most important consequences of climate change and shared knowledge on adaptation strategies. The survey and photovoice data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings The results of this study showed that a majority of the farmers were knowledgeable of climate change, mostly got climate information through media. Floods and high temperatures were perceived as the most occurring climate change-related disaster risks. Majority of the farmers perceived climate change as high risk and have taken up multiple adaptation strategies in response to it, including changing planting times, mulching their land and digging irrigation pits. Farmers’ responses indicated that they want to do more but are restricted by financial resources. Practical implications This study outcomes provide evidence for a need to consider stakeholders’ participation in planning climate change responses to effectively address the challenges posed by climate change, particularly in coastal agricultural communities. Government and relevant agencies as recommended need to support farmers to undertake needed adaptive strategies to adapt with future flooding, high temperature and drought, providing them with necessary facilities to enhance their adaptive capacities. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this was one of the first studies to use photovoice to investigate climate change awareness, impacts and adaptations strategies with majority female farmers in west Africa. This study highlights the importance of participatory approaches to capture grassroots climate adaptation approaches.

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Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Paddy Production in Malaysia

Cited by 14 publications

References 11 publications

Impacts of Environmental Variables on Rice Production in Malaysia

Impacts of Environmental Variables on Rice Production in Malaysia

An analysis of long-term and short-term impact of climate change on rice production in India

Climate change perception and adaptation among farmers in coastal communities of Bayelsa State, Nigeria: a photovoice study

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