Perceptions of climate change and adaptation in Hungarian agriculture: results of an interview study

Jankó, Ferenc; Németh, Nikoletta; Bertalan, Laura; Vancsó, Judit Pappné

doi:10.7896/j.1616

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“…Several measures and activities can be implemented to adapt agriculture to climate change [23][24][25][26][27]. Regarding Hungarian agriculture, studies draw attention to the importance of adaptation to the expected effects of climate change [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]. In the case of agricultural business, the literature is often limited to the effects of climate change or greenhouse gas emissions and reductions from agriculture [36][37][38][39] and focuses on Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) [40][41][42][43][44].…”

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Climate-Smart Agriculture: Sleeping Beauty of the Hungarian Agribusiness

2021

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Climate change and agriculture interact with each other in many ways and have a complex impact. The agriculture sector needs to be prepared to adapt to the expected effects of climate change, and emphasis must be placed on prevention to achieve emission reduction targets. The research explores the current situation in the agricultural sector, the risks of climate change, as well as the Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) solutions that appear at Hungarian agribusiness. Examining the climate innovation activities of farms shows a coherence of the practical application. The research is based on a questionnaire survey of Hungarian agribusiness and the country directorates of the National Chamber of Agriculture. The investigation confirmed that although farmers are susceptible to Agri-Innovation, they only partly exploit the potential of digitalization. For agriculture, the spread of agricultural digitalization and technology transfer is an excellent opportunity to increase agricultural production, maintain and improve its market position, and increase its digital maturity, which can also enhance the integration of climate innovation and sustainability aspects supporting the green economic development.

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Climate-Smart Agriculture: Sleeping Beauty of the Hungarian Agribusiness

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“…Several surveys of farmers' perceptions suggest divided opinions about the variation in meteorological conditions moving in the direction of climate change. Always operating at some level of risk, farmers worldwide (Azhoni and Goyal, 2018;Jankó et al, 2017;Takahashi et al, 2016;Woods et al, 2017) and in Serbia (Ćosić et al, 2011) do not always have a clear picture of the onset of climate change. This is understandable to some extent because studies (Grothmann and Patt, 2005) point out that individuals systemically tend to underestimate risks that might lead to considerable damages.…”

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Vulnerability of agriculture to climate change in Serbia - farmers’ assessment of impacts and damages

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Considering the already observed trends of increasing air temperatures, changes in precipitation regimes, and extension of the growing season, as well as predictions that climate conditions in Serbia will deteriorate and the risks to farming will increase, the objective of this research is to assess the vulnerability of agriculture in Serbia to climate change, based on farmers? perceptions. A team of experts in all areas of agriculture and soil and water management compiled a questionnaire for a semi-open online survey. The snowball sampling approach was followed, relying on personal contacts and social media. In total, 141 farmers responded to the questionnaire. The data were evaluated using descriptive statistics. The differences by region, activity and topography were tested by ANOVA and Student?s t-test. The feedback was used to assess the damages sustained by farmers due to climate change and reduced revenues in their respective areas of agricultural activity. Certain positive effects of climate change were also identified. A need for training in climate change impact mitigation is noted. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics. The surveyed farmers believe that the most important effects of climate change were periods of extreme high temperature, droughts, late spring frost, and hail. Climate change seems to be reducing yields, facilitating the appearance of new diseases and pests, and causing a lower tolerance to existing diseases and pests. Farmers expressed considerable interest in climate change impact adaptation and mitigation training.

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Perceptions of climate change and adaptation in Hungarian agriculture: results of an interview study

Cited by 2 publications

References 27 publications

Climate-Smart Agriculture: Sleeping Beauty of the Hungarian Agribusiness

Climate-Smart Agriculture: Sleeping Beauty of the Hungarian Agribusiness

Vulnerability of agriculture to climate change in Serbia - farmers’ assessment of impacts and damages

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