Assessment of Farmers’ Vulnerability to Climate Change in Agro-Climatic Zones of Pakistan: An Index Based Approach

Sadiq, Shumaila; Saboor, Abdul; Jamshaid, Fouzia; Mohsin, Abdul Qayyum; Khalid, Azeem

doi:10.17582/journal.sja/2019/35.3.734.740

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“…Moreover, ref. [44] categorized the Pakistan economy into a new direction known as agro-climatic zones. According to their study, four provinces, federal areas, and FATA can also be divided into ten dissimilar parts regarded as agro-climatic zones.…”

Section: Spatial Description Of Pakistan and Its Agro-climatic Zonesmentioning

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Reflections of Pro-Poor Growth across Agro-Climatic Zones for Farming and Non-Farming Communities: Evidence from Punjab, Pakistan

Shah¹,

Khan

Pan

et al. 2022

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The basic objective of the existing study was to inspect the triangular association between economic growth, poverty, and income disparity in farming and non-farming communities across agro-climatic zones in Punjab province, Pakistan. The cross-sectional Household Integrated Economic Survey (HIES) data and Poverty Equivalent Growth Rate (PEGR) methodology were applied from 2001–2002 to 2015–2016. Outcomes of the study found that in a short period, 2001–2002 to 2004–2005; 2004–2005 to 2005–2006; 2005–2006 to 2007–2008; 2007–2008 to 2010–2011; 2010–2011 to 2011–2012; 2011–2012 to 2013–2014; and 2013–2014 to 2015–2016, economic growth has presented hybrid (pro-poor and anti-poor) pattern across both communities of all agro-climatic zones of Punjab province in different periods. In the longer period of 2001–2002 to 2015–2016, economic growth has been pro-poor across both communities of all the zones apart from zone III (Cotton-Wheat Punjab); there is an anti-poor pattern of economic growth. Results for the decomposition of change in poverty further indicate that economic growth is a dominant factor in reducing poverty for all investigated zone. Moreover, a positive redistribution component reduces the beneficial impacts of economic growth for the poor more than for non-poor, that ultimately makes economic development patterns anti-poor in zone III. In the present study, we proposed two-fold policy implications. First, improve the living standard of households in each agro-climatic zone by increasing their incomes. Second, develop a precise taxation system that helps to reduce income disparities among upper-pro to lower-income groups.

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Section: Spatial Description Of Pakistan and Its Agro-climatic Zonesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reflections of Pro-Poor Growth across Agro-Climatic Zones for Farming and Non-Farming Communities: Evidence from Punjab, Pakistan

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“…Deeper comprehension and environmental awareness step in step with stricter regulations on energy efficiency and environmental pollution are acting as driving forces. The struggle to attain the compromise between the goals of the environment and economics is going on without ceasing (Nizami et al, 2020;Sadiq et al, 2019). Globally growing waste streams must be reduced and turned to create beneficial outcomes.…”

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On the Way to Sustainable Peat-Free Soil Amendments

Vincevica-Gaile¹,

Stankeviča²,

Kļaviņš³

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Increasing global population and urbanization demands enhanced food and feed crop production, but due to several reasons, the areas of fertile agricultural lands are reducing worldwide. The market of growing substrates, soil amendments, and improvers still is based on peat extraction and processing. Due to peat's fossil origin, it can be considered environmentally unfriendly and unsustainable. Seeking peat-substituting materials is of crucial importance on a global scale and may become a vitally significant assignment for future generations. The necessity for peat-free soil amendments is also directed by the targets of circular economy and environmental sustainability goals, leading to reducing or abandoning the use of fossil resources and paying attention to waste utilization as secondary raw material. This paper aims to discuss general features of peat-free soil amendments as well as provide efforts into the use of secondary raw materials such as biomass ashes for the elaboration of peat-free soil-improving products. As a case example, may serve a description of the peat-free product made by rotary drum granulation from biomass fly ashes (energy production waste) and local freshwater sediments in a mass ratio mixture of 67:100, optimally applicable for soil improvement at a rate of 50 g L -1 . Besides, regional opportunities in Indonesia and Latvia are referred. It was concluded that peat-free soil amendment elaboration can be better implemented on a regional scale after assessing agricultural needs, soil specifics, and available raw material variety applicable as ingredients in soil-improving products.

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“…However, vulnerability of any system or household is frequently considered as a function of three components: exposure to a hazard, sensitivity to that hazard, and the capacity of the system or household to mitigate or cope with and adapt or recover from the effects of those conditions (Reed et al, 2013) which are mostly referred to as adaptive capacity. According to Sadiq et al (2019) vulnerability therefore may be expressed mathematically as follows:…”

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“…where AC i = Adaptive capacity index for a household i AC 1 = Amount of income for a household i AC 2 = % households having more than one source of income AC 3 = % households using drought tolerant crop varieties AC 4 = % households using agrochemicals AC 5 = % households practicing irrigation AC 6 = % households having access to weather forecast information and extension services AC 7 = % households having access to agricultural insurance scheme AC 8 = % households who are able read and write However, from equation 1 the composite vulnerability index (CVI) for any male and female household i, as developed by Heltberg and Omolovskiy (2011) and adopted by Sadiq et al (2019) using simple non-weighted average of all three sub-indices of exposure, sensitivity and negative of the adaptive capacity is therefore expressed as:…”

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Gender analysis of vulnerability of smallholder farming households to climate variability and change in North-central Nigeria

Daudu

Kareem

2021

Agricultura Tropica Et Subtropica

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The frequency and intensity of climatic variables as indicators of climate change have been increasingly recognised as global crisis with significant impact on biodiversity, household food security and gender roles. This study therefore analysed gender vulnerability of smallholder farming households to climate variability and change in North-central Nigeria. A multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select 768 respondents from the study area. Indicator-based approach was adopted for this study and a structured questionnaire was used to elicit data from 3, 6, and 8 indicators of three components of vulnerability: exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity. Data obtained were subjected to linear normalisation, non-weight vulnerability index, and both descriptive and inferential statistics. Results show that both male- and female-headed households were vulnerable to changing climate and the female-headed ones were more vulnerable (0.410) compared to their male counterparts with an index of 0.321. The high vulnerability of female-headed households was due to their extent of exposure (0.839) and sensitivity (0.658) to climate change with low adaptive capacities (0.189). Also, there was a positive and significant difference between male (t = 5.142) and female (t = 5.079) headed households’ in their level of vulnerability to climate change (p ≤ 0.05). This study recommends access to technology that helps farmers receive timely information on climate variables, and farmers’ access to agricultural insurance scheme would help improve adaptive capacity and reduce their vulnerability. Also, gender-sensitive framework that could bridge the gaps between male- and female-headed households are needed to form a policy development agenda by the government in order to encourage more female households’ to participate in climate change mitigation.

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Assessment of Farmers’ Vulnerability to Climate Change in Agro-Climatic Zones of Pakistan: An Index Based Approach

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Reflections of Pro-Poor Growth across Agro-Climatic Zones for Farming and Non-Farming Communities: Evidence from Punjab, Pakistan

Reflections of Pro-Poor Growth across Agro-Climatic Zones for Farming and Non-Farming Communities: Evidence from Punjab, Pakistan

On the Way to Sustainable Peat-Free Soil Amendments

Gender analysis of vulnerability of smallholder farming households to climate variability and change in North-central Nigeria

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