Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management at the Regional Scale

Barkmann, Tim; Siebert, Rosemarie; Lange, Andrej

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“…Nevertheless, new entrants in agriculture are more interested in environmental and social aspects of their holdings in comparison to older farmers (Sutherland et al, 2015). Due to their particular relationship with nature, NF constitute the target of multiple implicit and explicit pressures, in the sense of adaptation to novel environmental facts, including climate change and reduction in water resources (Barkmann et al, 2015). These pressures cause a reconsideration of daily practices towards a more eco-friendly exploitation.…”

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New entrants policy into agriculture: researching new farmers’ satisfaction

Chatzitheodoridis

Kontogeorgos

2020

Rev. Econ. Sociol. Rural

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During the last three decades, the European Union has adopted a series of policies aiming to increase the new farmers entering the primary sector. This scheme, namely the “New Entrants Policy”, is reflected to the relevant regulations of the Common Agricultural Policy. After many years of implementation, there is still limited information regarding young farmers’ perceptions and participation to this scheme. Against this backdrop, a questionnaire was developed in order to assess the degree of new farmer’s satisfaction on their decision to enter the agricultural sector by participating in this scheme. Furthermore, we tried to evaluate the factors and motivations that determined their decision. The survey was carried out in Greece during an educational seminar specifically designed for new entrants in agriculture. In total, 254 new farmers answered questions concerning their experience from the implementation of the program. Additionally, executives of public services involved in the program implementation were interviewed in depth. Data analysis revealed that the majority of new entrants declare a high degree of satisfaction from their decision to enter agriculture. Specifically, those who display environmental consciousness related to field practices towards environment protection feel more satisfied with their decision.

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New entrants policy into agriculture: researching new farmers’ satisfaction

Chatzitheodoridis

Kontogeorgos

2020

Rev. Econ. Sociol. Rural

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“…Because there is little knowledge about the perceptions of regional land-use experts regarding regional climate change, we addressed this issue through an explorative approach (Babby 2012;Cresswell 2009) as part of a larger study addressing sustainable land use and land use change at the regional level in the four research regions. According to Patton (2002), this type of approach is common in developing new fields of research.…”

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Land-use experts’ perception of regional climate change: an empirical analysis from the North German Plain

2017

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The impact of climate change on a variety of scales and on land-use policies across sectors is well-established. There will be climate-related changes to which land use must adapt, although Europe and Germany may not be as affected as other regions. Therefore, we must evaluate how climate change is perceived on a regional scale and across land-use sectors. The aim of this study is to gather information from regional land-use experts regarding their perceptions of climate change to highlight the impact of climate change on land use and to identify the risks and opportunities associated with climate change that these experts observe. With these objectives in mind, we conducted 60 semi-structured interviews and a questionnaire survey with regional land-use experts in agriculture, forestry, and water management in four case study regions in the North German Plain. Climate change is clearly acknowledged by the experts throughout the regions and across the sectors. Drought (particularly in the spring) and increased occurrences of extreme weather events are the most severe regional issues identified. Furthermore, with very few exceptions, climate change is mostly understood as a risk. The results of this study confirm the results from other models and prognoses but with more detail and precision at the regional level. Differences among the sectors and regions were also noted. Unlike most studies, the regional experts in our sample have already noted the impacts and risks of climate change cross-sectorally, which might be a good basis from which to begin regional adaptation.

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Water Footprint and Climate Change Adaptation Strategies on Agriculture Development under One Belt One Road Initiative: An Overview

Mareeh

Prabakusuma

Shi

et al. 2021

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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One Belt One Road (OBOR) is an initiative of collaboration and development that was put forward by China. Moreover, the agricultural production in most of the country members confronted Water scarcity and climate change. In current study it has been used Water Footprint (WF) as tool for measuring water consumption in China and participating country. Thus, this paper aims to understand OBOR from the perspective of WF of agricultural products. On the whole, the results showed that agriculture’s WF in China and OBOR countries increased steadily from about 6.84 trillion m3 in the initial period to about 9.54 trillion m3 in 2018. They also showed that China and India were the largest countries consumed WF which accounted for 76.12% of the total WF used in agricultural production. Furthermore, the WF that has been consumed for agriculture production in China and spanning countries was excessively concentrated on some products. As a whole, green the main water type used in producing agricultural products. Since announcing OBOR initiative in 2013 until now, there is not any remarkable change on GHG emissions that generated from agriculture due to the climate change impacts can be observed only on the long term. WF is a new perspective to explore OBOR. Agricultural trade with China certainly benefits both the countries along OBOR and China from the perspective of WF. The findings of this study is essential as references for better agriculture production structure, and is useful for managing water in China and the nations along the Silk Road, mitigating water scarcities, and wisely distributing the water resources in the various sectors.

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Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management at the Regional Scale

Cited by 3 publications

References 26 publications

New entrants policy into agriculture: researching new farmers’ satisfaction

New entrants policy into agriculture: researching new farmers’ satisfaction

Land-use experts’ perception of regional climate change: an empirical analysis from the North German Plain

Water Footprint and Climate Change Adaptation Strategies on Agriculture Development under One Belt One Road Initiative: An Overview

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