Risk experience and smallholder farmers’ climate change adaptation decision

Habtemariam, Lemlem Teklegiorgis; Gandorfer, Markus; Kassa, Getachew Abate; Sieber, Stefan

doi:10.1080/17565529.2019.1630351

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“…Furthermore, the possibility for the year-round availability of fodder was observed as the main reason for sustaining the practices after adoption. Such findings correspond with those of Habtemariam [23] and Hansen [24], who highlighted the possible mitigating role of especially land-based related technologies against the effects of climate change as a determining factor for smallholder farmers' adoption decisions. The authors further added that a climate-risk related adoption decision could be especially true for farmers perceived to have experienced past production shocks as a result of less certainty in climate patterns.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…Moreover, Fowler and Rockstrom [22] remarked that the favourable conditions required for adopting new technologies by smallholder farmers must include positive chances of affordability, less complexity, local resource-base and less effect or dependence on peak labour demands. Other studies highlighted the possible mitigating role of such land-based-related technologies (e.g., improved forages) against climate risk as a determining factor for smallholder farmers' adoption decisions [23,24]. Such climate-risk-related adoption decisions could be especially true for farmers perceived to have experienced past production shocks as a result of less certainty in climate patterns.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Determinants for Smallholder Farmers’ Adoption of Improved Forages in Dairy Production Systems: The Case of Tanga Region, Tanzania

Ndah

Schuler

Nkwain³

et al. 2022

Agronomy

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Dairy productivity in sub-Saharan Africa remains below its potential, while there is an increasing demand for milk from its growing population. This study focuses on the adoption potential of improved, more nutritive and productive forages by smallholder farmers in the Tanga region of Tanzania. By applying a qualitative mixed-method approach, including farm visits, interviews and a multi-stakeholder workshop guided by the Qualitative Assessment Tool for Forage Technologies (QATo-FT), we systematically identify and analyse the roles of the (i) institutional and political, (ii) socio-economic and (iii) cultural factors influencing the adoption and diffusion of improved forage technologies. The findings reveal the unsuitable cool climate and unfavourable socioeconomic conditions, including low labour opportunity costs in the dry season as critical reasons for the low current adoption rate. However, a positive community attitude, the recognised ecological benefits and the supporting role of promoting institutions are the main influencing factors of a high adoption potential. Yet, the political and institutional framework at the regional level, as well as the market conditions, negatively influence the adoption potential. We suggest an integrated approach for rural development that goes beyond the improvement of yields, but provides more efficient use of land and labour in the region.

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confidence: 86%

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Determinants for Smallholder Farmers’ Adoption of Improved Forages in Dairy Production Systems: The Case of Tanga Region, Tanzania

Ndah

Schuler

Nkwain³

et al. 2022

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“…Another reason could be that most agricultural activities in Nigeria are labour intensive due to low mechanization; large household size therefore constitutes a source of labour to enable households engage in adaptation practices and other agricultural practices such as tree planting, soil conservation and other crop management practices. This result is in agreement with the findings of Shikuku et al, (2017), Ali & Erenstein (2017), Habtemariam et al, (2020) and Diallo, Donkor, & Owusu (2021) who found that large households are more likely to adopt adaptation strategies such as changing planting date, improved varieties and planting of trees.…”

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“…Households cannot adapt to what they do not perceive or experience. Some studies show that farmers who perceive or experience climate related risks are more likely to plan for adaptation (Al-Amin et al, 2019;Habtemariam et al, 2020;Mahmood et al, 2021) Furthermore, descriptive analysis presented the annual temperature and rainfall data for the region for the period between 1982 and 2018 as shown in Figures 3, 4, and 5. This also validated the local perception of the long-term change in temperature and rainfall.…”

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Heterogeneity of adaptation strategies to climate shocks: Evidence from the Niger Delta region of Nigeria

Onyenekwe

Opata

Ume

et al. 2023

BAE

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There is overwhelming evidence to suggest that climate shocks undermine food security and livelihood well-being of the climate-impacted Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Employing survey data collected from farming and fishing households in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, the study investigated the range of adaptation practices prevalent in the region, as well as factors influencing the adoption of these adaptation strategies. Five hundred and three (503) households (252 fishing households and 251 farming households) were selected using multi-stage sampling techniques. Multinomial logit model was used to determine factors affecting the household choice of adaptation strategies. The results show that adaptation strategies adopted by farming households were livelihood diversification (78.5%), crop management (77.7%), and soil and water management (64.5%). Factors influencing their choice of adaptation strategies were age, gender, household size, education, extension, and farm size. The adaptation strategies employed by the fishing households were livelihood diversification (83.61%) and intensification [which include the use of improved fishing gears (80.33%), varying fishing locations (67.21%), and expanding area of fishing (40.98%)]. Uncovering the heterogeneity in adaptation and resilience aspects to climate shocks has immense practical significance, particularly in providing targeted assistance for the two livelihood groups’ adoption.

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“…Bogale, 2015 in Africa; Panda et al, 2013 in South Asia); and decision making in the face of risk (e.g. Habtemariam et al, 2019). Agricultural crops that are represented include cereals (maize, rice), fruits (apples, pineapples) and beverage crops (coffee), whilst livestock that are represented include goats, cattle and camels (including through pastoralism).…”

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The evolution of empirical adaptation research in the global South from 2010 to 2020

Vincent

Cundill

2021

Climate and Development

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This paper applies a scoping review approach to inductively assess the evolution of empirical adaptation research in the global South over the period 2010 to 2020 using, as indicators of the literature, three leading adaptation journals covering different scales of analysis: Global Environmental Change, Regional Environmental Change and Climate and Development. The review confirms that previous calls for an increase in empirical adaptation research have been heeded. Research covers both policy and practice, and also different scales, with a particular focus on agricultural and rural settings. There is significant and growing interest in the determinants of adaptation and adaptive capacity (including the role of barriers and enablers), and a small but growing interest in the role of gender. The overall increase in total publications does not show even geographical or sectoral coverage. Large swathes of sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East/North Africa remain severely under-researched; and the overwhelming majority of papers focus on rural and agricultural issues rather than cities. This analysis offers tangible evidence to highlight where geographical and thematic gaps exist in our research on adaptation in the global South.

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Risk experience and smallholder farmers’ climate change adaptation decision

Cited by 13 publications

References 42 publications

Determinants for Smallholder Farmers’ Adoption of Improved Forages in Dairy Production Systems: The Case of Tanga Region, Tanzania

Determinants for Smallholder Farmers’ Adoption of Improved Forages in Dairy Production Systems: The Case of Tanga Region, Tanzania

Heterogeneity of adaptation strategies to climate shocks: Evidence from the Niger Delta region of Nigeria

The evolution of empirical adaptation research in the global South from 2010 to 2020

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