Determinants of reactive adaptations to climate change in semi-arid region of Pakistan

Shahid, Rabia; Li, Shijie; Shahid, Sidra; Altaf, Muhammad Ahsan; Shahid, Humera

doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2021.104580

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“…Households headed with rich agricultural experience are more likely to adapt to the impact of climate change. Our ndings are consistent with (Maddison ,2007;Thoai et al, 2018;Ojo et al, 2021;Shahid et al, 2021),who revealed that farming experience and relevant adaptation measures have a signi cant impact on the adoption of adaptation measures.…”

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Agro-Pastoralists’ Perception of Climate Change and Adaptation in the Qilian Mountains, China

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Ding

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Global climate change affects all aspects of human society, especially agricultural and animal husbandry production. Northwest China has detrimentally affected by the climatic variations due to its high exposure to extreme climatic events. A number of studies have reported on agro-pastoralists' perceptions, adaptation and mitigation of climate change, but the current knowledge of agro-pastoralists' perceptions of climate change in China is insufficient. To fill this research gap, this study aims to investigate the cognition level of agro-pastoralists in Northwest China on climate change and related factors. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire based on household surveys of 554 study participants in four counties in Gansu Province, China. Raw data were collected using stratified random sampling. A probit model was used to analyze the respondents' understanding of climate change and its related socio-economic and demographic variables. Our results show that more than 70% of agro-pastoralists are perception of the changes of temperature and precipitation. Socioeconomic and demographic variables such as gender, farming experience, education level, cultivated land size, agricultural income, livestock, village cadre experience, access to weather information of agro-pastoralists are pertinently related to agro-pastoralists' awareness of climate change. Farming experience, education level, household size, grassland size, agricultural income, association membership, village cadre experience has a high impact on agro-pastoralists' adaptation to climate change. The results of this study will help guide government agencies and decision makers, and help arid and semi-arid areas to build sustainable adaptation measures under the framework of climate change.

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Section: Determinants Of Agro-pastoralists' Perceptionsupporting

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Agro-Pastoralists’ Perception of Climate Change and Adaptation in the Qilian Mountains, China

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“…The study's findings reveal that several obstacles influence the adaptation of water management interventions in the context of the Warabandi, with the strongest influences being low awareness and lack of both training and financial resources. All of these factors have been identified and reported in other studies as barriers to adopting climate-smart agriculture practices in Punjab [15,16,18]. According to a recent study [17], the main barriers to adopting sustainable land and water management measures (land laser leveling, bed planting and minimum tillage) in cotton cultivation were low awareness, financial and resource constraints, irrigation water shortages and the unavailability of the technological products.…”

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“…In a study [10], it was revealed that the demographic attributions of the farmers, such as land size, experience, and education, were significantly correlated with the adoption of high-efficiency irrigation techniques. In addition, another study in Punjab indicated that farmers' farming experience, education, land size, access to credit and belief in climate change all have a positive impact on the implementation of measures such as on-farm water storage, soil conservation techniques and efficient irrigation techniques [15]. Furthermore, the farmers' education, farm size and access to credit were all positively associated with the acceptance of adaptation measures (e.g., adjustments in sowing time, changing to a new crop and shifting to drought-tolerant crops) in all four provinces of Pakistan [14].…”

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“…The literature permitted the identification of a set of potential barriers that may affect the implementation of selected interventions. They are summarized as follows: low awareness, lack of financial resources, maintenance and operation, and lack of training [15,17]. The survey tried to quantify the relative importance of these barriers based on stakeholders' opinions (farmers, scientists and officials).…”

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“…However, they lack the consideration of barriers and obstacles in implementing these measures. However, other studies assessed the potential barriers to the adaptation of several climate-smart agricultural practices for boosting the productivity of water and non-water agricultural inputs [10,[14][15][16][17][18]. Hence, the options for technical interventions are available; therefore, a major task which remains to be addressed is determining how these interventions could be clustered and implemented, which is basically the intention of this study with a focus on selected interventions forming a package.…”

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This study assessed problems associated with irrigation water provisions and the potential barriers to the adaptation of the interventions (soil moisture sensors, on-farm water storage facilities and the drip method) under rotational canal water distribution in Punjab, Pakistan. Three groups of stakeholders were individually surveyed during September–December 2020: (i) 72 farmers, (ii) 15 officials, and (iii) 14 academicians. We used descriptive statistical analysis, cross-tabulation and the Fisher test to explore the pattern of responses across the groups. The main problems in the canal water distribution system were expressed by the farmers as limited water allocation, while academicians were concerned mostly with inflexibility and officials indicated discussion among neighbors. According to the farmers' responses, the conventional depth/interval of irrigation is flooding the field with water and observing the plants, indicating over-irrigation behavior. Moreover, the most important barriers in the adaptation of the interventions that were highly rated by the three groups were low awareness, lack of training and financial resources. Additionally, farmers’ education revealed a statistically significant influence on awareness of soil moisture sensors and water storage facilities, while large farm holders showed a positive relationship to conducting a joint experiment with scientists and farmers’ associations on part of their land to improve water use efficiency.

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Determinants of reactive adaptations to climate change in semi-arid region of Pakistan

Cited by 26 publications

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