Farmers response to climate variability and change in rainfed farming systems: Insight from lived experiences of farmers

Yeleliere, Enoch; Antwi-Agyei, Philip; Guodaar, Lawrence

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19656

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“…Climate change can be defined as long-term changes in climatic parameters such as rainfall, temperature, wind, humidity, and others [1]. Ongoing global climate change has a complicated nature that influences local, national, and regional conditions with economic, social, and environmental consequences [2]. Climate change is considered a worldwide hazard that affects crop productivity and food security [3][4][5][6], as well as soil, water, and energy resources [7][8][9][10], the overall bioeconomy [11,12], and our ability to fulfill the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals [13][14][15][16].…”

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Nano-Food Farming Approaches to Mitigate Heat Stress under Ongoing Climate Change: A Review

El-Ramady,

Prokisch,

El-Mahrouk

et al. 2024

Agriculture

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Increased heat stress is a common feature of global climate change and can cause adverse impacts on crops from germination through maturation and harvest. This review focuses on the impacts of extreme heat (>35 °C) on plants and their physiology and how they affect food and water security. The emphasis is on what can be done to minimize the negative effects of heat stress, which includes the application of various materials and approaches. Nano-farming is highlighted as one promising approach. Heat is often combined with drought, salinity, and other stresses, which together affect the whole agroecosystem, including soil, plants, water, and farm animals, leading to serious implications for food and water resources. Indeed, there is no single remedy or approach that can overcome such grand issues. However, nano-farming can be part of an adaptation strategy. More studies are needed to verify the potential benefits of nanomaterials but also to investigate any negative side-effects, particularly under the intensive application of nanomaterials, and what problems this might create, including potential nanotoxicity.

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Nano-Food Farming Approaches to Mitigate Heat Stress under Ongoing Climate Change: A Review

El-Ramady,

Prokisch,

El-Mahrouk

et al. 2024

Agriculture

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Benefits of farmer managed natural regeneration to food security in semi-arid Ghana

Opoku Mensah,

Ibrahim,

Jacobs

et al. 2024

Agric Hum Values

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Promoting Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) aims to increase the productive capacities of farmer households. Under FMNR, farmers select and manage natural regeneration on farmlands and keep them under production. While FMNR contributes to the wealth of farming communities, its contribution to household food security has rarely been researched. We, therefore, used a mixed-methods approach to address the research gap by measuring FMNR’s contribution to food security among farmer households in the Talensi district of Ghana. We adopted the Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS) and Food Consumption Score (FCS) to estimate food security status among 243 FMNR farmer households and 243 non-FMNR farmer households. Also, we performed a Chi-square test of independence to compare the frequency of each food group (present vs not present) between FMNR adopters and non-FMNR adopters to establish the relationship between adopting FMNR and consuming the FCS and HDDS food groups. Our results reveal that FMNR farmer households are more food secure than non-FMNR farmer households. The HHDS of the FMNR farmer households was 9.6, which is higher than the target value of 9.1. Conversely, the HHDS of the non-FMNR farmer households was 4.3, which is lower than the target value of 9.1. Up to 86% and 37% of the FMNR farmer households and non-FMNR farmer households fell within acceptable FCS; 15% and 17% of FMNR farmer households and non-FMNR farmer households fell within borderline FCS. While none of the FMNR farmer households fell within poor FCS, 46% of non-FMNR farmer households fell within poor FCS. Adopting FMNR is significantly related to consuming all food groups promoted and benefiting from FMNR practices. The paper recommends enabling farmers in semi-arid environments to practice and invest in FMNR for long-term returns to food security.

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Patterns and probabilities of dry spells and rainfall for improved rain-fed farming in Northwestern Ethiopia

Tegegn,

Berlie,

Utallo

2024

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Farmers response to climate variability and change in rainfed farming systems: Insight from lived experiences of farmers

Cited by 11 publications

References 85 publications

Nano-Food Farming Approaches to Mitigate Heat Stress under Ongoing Climate Change: A Review

Nano-Food Farming Approaches to Mitigate Heat Stress under Ongoing Climate Change: A Review

Benefits of farmer managed natural regeneration to food security in semi-arid Ghana

Patterns and probabilities of dry spells and rainfall for improved rain-fed farming in Northwestern Ethiopia

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