Influence of Indigenous Knowledge and Scientific Climate Forecasts on Arable Farmers’ Climate Adaptation Methods in the Rwenzori region, Western Uganda

Nkuba, Michael Robert; Chanda, Raban; Mmopelwa, Gagoitseope; Kato, Edward; Mangheni, Margaret Najjingo; Lesolle, David

doi:10.1007/s00267-020-01264-x

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“…Further, a relatively high percentage of awareness by women from neighbors and friends can be explained by the fact that information from neighbors and friends can easily be sought, and also integrated with information from other sources. This contention is in line with the previous research which contended that some women farmers adapted to climate change by augmenting information sourced locally with that from external sources ( Nkuba et al., 2020 ). Thus, women who are limited by most cultures and customs find this a convenient and easy way of learning about CSAPs.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…Another possible reason for the high percentage in the practice of most CSAPs is the undulating topography nature of Gilgil Sub County. This contention is in tandem with findings from previous studies ( Bryan et al., 2013 ; Nkonya et al., 2015 ; Nkuba et al., 2020 ), which stated that some farmers’ adaptation strategies are influenced by the nature/slop of their land. Additionally, given the nature of their terrain which is steep plus being exposed to the effects of climate change ( Rampa and Knaepen, 2019 ; Waaswa et al., 2021 ), farmers from the study area are forced to seek information to guide their decisions in preventing further loss of soils, retain water, sustain and increase yields.…”

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confidence: 85%

“…This claim is supported by Bryan et al. (2009) and Nkuba et al. (2020) who concluded that area agro-ecological situations influence the choice of the adaptation strategies, hence the CSAPs practiced by the framers.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…This may have an implication in case of absence and or inappropriate targeting of the farmers by the extension officers. Because reluctance of extension officers in rendering information on adaptation to climate change and available adaptation strategies thwarts farmers' decisions on how to cushion themselves against the shock ( Nkonya et al., 2015 ; Nkuba et al., 2020 ; Vogel & O'Brien, 2006 ). Arimi (2014) supports these results and argues that extension officers are needed ad-libitumly and that their absence or low numbers may impair useful information from reaching the farmers but rather keep them in the darkness and un-cushioned against the wreck.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Communicating climate change adaptation strategies: climate-smart agriculture information dissemination pathways among smallholder potato farmers in Gilgil Sub-County, Kenya

Waaswa

Nkurumwa

Kibe

et al. 2021

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Proven and sustainable practices like climate-smart agricultural practices (CSAPs) need to be prioritized and promoted for uptake especially by the farmers to achieve sustainable development. These are capable of contributing to the realization of sustainable development goals through averting food and nutritional insecurity, increasing and sustaining yields that translate into increased incomes and later reduced poverty. This is because CSAPs enable farmers to adapt and mitigate climate change effects. However, due to inappropriate communication of CSAPs to the farmers, to date, some farmers still see no escape route from the frightening effects of climate change and they are currently adopting a rather fatalistic attitude. This study investigated the information dissemination pathways used by different categories of smallholder potato farmers for and practice of CSAPs. It found a difference between information sources and practice of CSAPs at a 5% level of significance (χ2 = 100.12139, df = 2, p < 0.05, Cramer's V = 1.0), and a difference in the use of the three information dissemination pathways between men and women at a 5% level of significance (χ2 = 6.05949, df = 2, p < 0.05, Cramer's V = 0.17406). The three information dissemination pathways included media, neighbors and friends, and extension officers. Generally, farmers were aware and practiced the CSAPs investigated in this study except for irrigation with high awareness yet with low uptake percentage and potato seedlings and minitubers both with low awareness and practice respectively. This study recommended mainstreaming of CSAPs information.

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Communicating climate change adaptation strategies: climate-smart agriculture information dissemination pathways among smallholder potato farmers in Gilgil Sub-County, Kenya

Waaswa

Nkurumwa

Kibe

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“…For example, the floods in Mozambique in 2000 had a huge humanitarian effect on the local communities (Moore et al 2003). Indigenous and scientific forecasts enhance climate change adaptation strategies of pastoralists (Nkuba et al 2019b) and arable farmers (Nkuba et al 2020a). Climate information use can improve the climate change perceptions of arable farmers, leading to better adaptation to extreme weather events and improved resilience to climate-related disasters.…”

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Indigenous and Scientific Forecasts on Climate Change Perceptions of Arable Farmers: Rwenzori Region, Western Uganda

Nkuba

Chanda

Mmopelwa

et al. 2021

African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation

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Despite the dissemination of climate information from national meteorological systems, arable farmers still have challenges of dealing with climate-related risks. This study investigated the effect of using indigenous knowledge-based forecasts (IFs) and scientific knowledge-based forecasts (SFs) on the climate change perceptions of arable farmers in the Rwenzori region, Western Uganda. Data on socio-economic characteristics, use of forecasts, and climate change perceptions was collected from 580 arable farmers and the probit model was used in the analysis. The findings indicated that use of IFs only increased the likelihood of perceiving increase in the frequency in occurrences of droughts and floods. Using both SFs and IFs had a significant positive effect on perception of unpredictable rains and the increase in drought incidence among arable farmers. Although forecasts are important drivers of perceptions, other factors, such as gender, social capital, and dissemination of climate change information by radio, enhance climate change perceptions. Active participation of arable farmers in the dissemination of forecasts by national meteorological services could improve perceptions of climate related risks.

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Social strategies to access land influence crop diversity in northwestern Morocco

Demongeot,

Hmimsa,

McKey

et al. 2024

People and Nature

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Much evidence supports the ecological and agronomic benefits of diversity, of both crops and environments, for building resilience and sustainability in agroecosystems. Farmers' knowledge about crop diversity is well‐documented, but aside from studies on how farmers exchange seeds and knowledge through networks, the interactions of social factors and the diversity of crops and cultivated environments have been mainly overlooked. One factor receiving attention is farmers' access to land, but in only one of its dimensions, the security of access. Here we address the different strategies by which farmers gain access to land. How does the plurality of modes of access to land influence crop choices, and thereby crop diversity? How does this plurality influence the range of environments available to individual farmers for cultivating crop diversity? Analysing data from 51 interviews with farmers and 312 plots in agrosilvopastoral systems in northwestern Morocco, we described eight different modes of access. Each mode offers different opportunities and constraints concerning the kind of crops that can be grown on the plot. We found that an increase in the number of modes of access to land increases the crop diversity of farmers' holdings, regardless of the total area each farmer cultivates. Accessing additional plots contributed to both environmental heterogeneity and to crop diversity of farms. In striving to gain access to land and to grow diverse crops, farmers are motivated by their notion of what it means to be a ‘real farmer’, that is, the relation to their identity. Farmers mobilize not only their economic power but also their social relationships to gain access to plots of land. Their choices are also based on their relationships to tree crops such as olive, which are economic and cultural keystone species, as well as markers of land ownership and control. Multiple modes of access to land characterize many smallholder farming systems, which support a large fraction of the world's population. Recognizing diverse social practices of access to land that allow farmers to continue to mobilize multiple modes of access can increase resilience against unpredictable events and help maintain sustainable agroecosystems. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Influence of Indigenous Knowledge and Scientific Climate Forecasts on Arable Farmers’ Climate Adaptation Methods in the Rwenzori region, Western Uganda

Cited by 32 publications

References 57 publications

Communicating climate change adaptation strategies: climate-smart agriculture information dissemination pathways among smallholder potato farmers in Gilgil Sub-County, Kenya

Communicating climate change adaptation strategies: climate-smart agriculture information dissemination pathways among smallholder potato farmers in Gilgil Sub-County, Kenya

Indigenous and Scientific Forecasts on Climate Change Perceptions of Arable Farmers: Rwenzori Region, Western Uganda

Social strategies to access land influence crop diversity in northwestern Morocco

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