Improving drought resilience in Northern Murray-Darling Basin farming communities: Is forecast-based financing suitable?

Asghari, Atifa; Kuleshov, Yuriy; Watkins, Andrew; Bhardwaj, Jessica; Aitkenhead, Isabella

doi:10.1007/s11069-021-04876-6

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“…Building farm resilience is an important precursor for how well farming systems in Australia adapt to the demands of climate change stressors (Asghari et al 2021;Bardsley et al 2018). The model of stress resistance and resilience over time accounts for these co-occurring adaptation and resilience processes (Norris et al 2008).…”

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Eastern Australian Farmers Managing and Thinking Differently: Innovative Adaptation Cycles

McKenzie,

Joyce,

Zander

et al. 2023

Environmental Management

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The uncertainty of climate change is a significant challenge prompting Australian farmers to create different thinking and different management systems that ensure sustained farm business viability and continuity, particularly in extreme environments. The purpose of this study was to explore the conditions and adaptive processes for managing farm resilience and cyclic adaptation pathways, in response to climate change. A positive deviance sample of farmers was interviewed, and data was collected from a cohort of twenty-two climate change innovators across Eastern Australia. Grounded theory analysis of data identified three processes and two transactional maps of climate change adaptation, in this under studied farmer cohort. The development of the transactional maps found the resilience and preparedness processes as adaptive learning responses to the stressors of climate change. The processes of managing the business and resources were identified as markers of preparedness and resilience that ensured business viability and continuity. Farmers prepared for climate change through transforming make-over processes as an adaptive learning response to climate challenges. Mapping the cycle of adaptation identified the processes of socio-cognitive agency, learning from feedback and consequences, and contextual variables as critical elements of adaptation. The intervening socio-ecological processes of intelligence gathering and influencing, and socio-cognitive precursors, were found to regulate the adaptation cycle. The cycle was found to have both incremental and transformative transmission processes, and intervening processes of climate and contextual variables. The changing patterns and extremes of climate change were found to impact the growing season, and its potential, as unique variables that demand farm adaptation. Ultimately, this study identified potential points of influence for leveraging preparedness behaviours.

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Eastern Australian Farmers Managing and Thinking Differently: Innovative Adaptation Cycles

McKenzie,

Joyce,

Zander

et al. 2023

Environmental Management

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Building capacity for a user-centred Integrated Early Warning System (I-EWS) for drought in the Northern Murray-Darling Basin

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Assessing agricultural drought management strategies in the Northern Murray–Darling Basin

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The Northern Murray-Darling Basin (MDB) is a key Australian agricultural region requiring efficient Agricultural Drought Management (ADM), focused on resilience. Although a need for resilience in local farming communities has long been recognised, previous studies assessing ADM in the Northern MDB did not consider two key elements of resilient management: proactivity (preparing for drought prior to a drought event) and suitability (localised drought management targeted at decision-makers). This study assessed the current ADM Strategy (ADMS) implemented within five selected Northern MDB Local Government Areas (LGAs) (Paroo Shire, Balonne Shire, Murweh Shire, Maranoa Region, and Goondiwindi Region), specifically investigating the extent of ADMS proactivity, effectiveness, and suitability. To investigate suitability, drought risk extent of each LGA was determined. A region-specific drought risk index consisting of hazard, vulnerability and exposure indices was developed; risk mapping was conducted. All LGAs displayed very high levels of drought risk due to hazardous climatic conditions, vulnerable socio-economic attributes, and drought-exposed geographical features. A Criteria-Based Ranking (CBR) survey produced a quantitative effectiveness and proactivity rank for each major ADMS used in the Northern MDB. Government Assistance was the most proactive and effective ADMS. Strategy effectiveness ranks of the major ADMS used and drought risk extent found in each LGA were correlated to determine ADMS suitability. Overall, Balonne Shire and the Goondiwindi Region were identified as high priority areas requiring improved ADM. A user-centred Integrated Early Warning System (I-EWS) for drought could potentially increase ADM proactivity and suitability in such areas, strengthening drought resilience of farming communities.

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Improving drought resilience in Northern Murray-Darling Basin farming communities: Is forecast-based financing suitable?

Cited by 7 publications

References 27 publications

Eastern Australian Farmers Managing and Thinking Differently: Innovative Adaptation Cycles

Eastern Australian Farmers Managing and Thinking Differently: Innovative Adaptation Cycles

Building capacity for a user-centred Integrated Early Warning System (I-EWS) for drought in the Northern Murray-Darling Basin

Assessing agricultural drought management strategies in the Northern Murray–Darling Basin

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