Farmers' Adaptation to Climate Change, Its Determinants and Impacts on Rice Yield in Nepal

Khanal, Uttam; Wilson, Clevo; Hoang, Viet‐Ngu; Lee, Boon L.

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.08.006

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“…Understanding of how climate change and variability affect future drought hazards is essential to determine the appropriate adaptation measures in order to copewiththe impacts. Adaptation options to anticipate crop failures include changing the date of planting of rice crop so as not to be carried out during the dry months, changing the appropriate crop varieties, and crop diversification [22][23][24].…”

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Exploring Historical and Projection of Drought Periods in Cirebon Regency, Indonesia

2018

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Climate hazards that affect drought could have an impact on agricultural production. Cirebon Regency as one of West Java's food supply areahas experienced hydrological drought because ofclimate variability. Hence, there were many rice fieldswhich lack of water sources for irrigation and resulted in crop failure. Accordingly, this study aims to explore the historical and projection of drought periods as well as the severity of droughts in Cirebon Regency, Indonesia. Interpretation of weather and climate data and Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) were employed for methods of this studyby using rainfall data only. Based on baseline data (1986-2017) from Jatiwangi Meteorological Stationand Global Circulation Model (GCM) projection simulation (2020-2045) under the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) 4.5 scenario, the SPI analysis results show that the drought periodsare predicted to shift in the future with increasing drought severity. This study concludes that climate variability that affects future dry rainfall will still happen in uncertain month periods.Therefore, climatic information is needed in the vulnerable area to reduce the potential impactsthat will occur in the future.

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Exploring Historical and Projection of Drought Periods in Cirebon Regency, Indonesia

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“…In Nepal, numerous studies have been performed on the effects of climate change on agriculture [8] [13] [22] [23] [24] [25], rice production [15] [16] [26] and climate change adaptation [24] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]. Despite the interest in climate change adaptations at the local and regional levels, little literature is available on issues such as determinants, perceptions and barriers that affect the adoption of climate change adaptation options for rice production.…”

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Perception, Determinants and Barriers for the Adoption of Climate Change Adaptation Options among Nepalese Rice Farmers

Devkota¹,

Phuyal²,

Shrestha³

2018

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This paper estimates the perceptions, determinants and barriers regarding the adoption of climate change adaptation options among Nepalese rice farmers. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to source respondents for the study, and structured questionnaire techniques were used to collect data from 773 households across seven districts (3 from Terai and 4 from the hilly region of Nepal). A binomial logistic regression model was used to detangle the determinants for the adoption of climate change adaptation options among farmers. The results revealed that approximately 80.7% of the farmers perceived change in temperature, and 90% believed that there was a decrease in rainfall in the 30-year period. In total, 77% of farming households responded that rice production and yield has decreased due to such changes, which has forced them to adopt available adaptation options. This study found that 12 adaptation options have been mainly used by rice farmers, and among them, there has been an increasing use of chemical fertilizer, climate-smart rice verities, and changes in nursery date, which are the first three adoption options. Overall, 71% of farmers adopt such adaptation options to protect themselves from perceived risk. However, farmers are facing several barriers, such as capital inadequacy, high cost of agricultural inputs, poor adaptation information provided to farmers, inadequate access to credit facilities and inadequate awareness about adaptation regarding the adoption of such options. Binomial regression results revealed that several factors influence a farmer's choice in adaptation measures. Our findings suggest the need for greater investment to remove these barriers and institutional shortcomings and help to improve a rice farmer's wellbeing.

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“…Secondary Farm management decisions Weed management (#1, Khanal et al, ) Manage workforce (#1, Le Dang et al, ) Reinforcing human and asset safety (#2, for example, Le Dang et al, ) Rituals (#1, Esham & Garforth, 2013a) …”

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“…These integrations have taken place either at the data collection stage or during the analysis or modeling. Those studies that have collected both qualitative and quantitative data have mainly used one method to infer the analysis in the other method (Furman et al, ; Khanal et al, ; Morais et al, ). Some studies have attempted to integrate both qualitative and quantitative methods in modeling the decision‐making process (Elsawah, Guillaume, Filatova, Rook, & Jakeman, ; Meinherz & Videira, ).…”

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Reviewing the decision‐making behavior of irrigators

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The contribution of agriculture to society is undeniable, as is its impact on the environment. Irrigators' decisions to follow best management practices or implement a policy change, to accept a technology, or even to exit farming, all affect society. Hence the decision-making behavior of irrigators is of interest to politicians, policymakers, and researchers due to their impact on resource use and social concerns for their welfare. There are numerous studies available regarding the decision-making behavior of irrigators. Most of them concentrate on decisions within a single time frame, single decisions with multiple driving forces, or multiple decisions with a single driving force. We have conducted a comprehensive review of the existing literature related to irrigators' decision-making behavior. We used a systematic method to identify relevant publications and used qualitative data analysis (content analysis) to analyze trends and/or patterns across the selected articles. This research provided a typology and an overarching high-level framework of irrigators' decision-making process irrespective of the types of decisions made.The results of the study demonstrate that it is highly beneficial to integrate both qualitative and quantitative methods in a single study to get a complete picture of irrigators' decision-making process. This allows us to ensure that we have captured the relevant drivers of decision-making in highly dynamic and complex environments. Better knowledge of irrigators' decision-making process allows regulators to shape improved agricultural policy and increase acceptance by irrigators of technologies that allow water managers to allocate resources fairly among different stakeholders. This article is categorized under: Human Water > Methods Engineering Water > Planning Water Human Water > Water Governance K E Y W O R D S decision-making framework, irrigators' decision-making behavior, qualitative and quantitative research methods, qualitative content analysis

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Farmers' Adaptation to Climate Change, Its Determinants and Impacts on Rice Yield in Nepal

Cited by 273 publications

References 42 publications

Exploring Historical and Projection of Drought Periods in Cirebon Regency, Indonesia

Exploring Historical and Projection of Drought Periods in Cirebon Regency, Indonesia

Perception, Determinants and Barriers for the Adoption of Climate Change Adaptation Options among Nepalese Rice Farmers

Reviewing the decision‐making behavior of irrigators

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