Adaptation to Climate Change in Rain-Fed Farming System in Punjab, Pakistan

Bakhsh, Khuda; Kamran, Muhammad

doi:10.5334/ijc.887

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“…In this respect, Ndamani and Watanabe (2016) argued that better-educated farmers are more knowledgeable due to their ability to access information about climate change and adaptation options. Several studies further emphasized the importance of farming experience in increasing farmers' adaptation probability (Bakhsh and Kamran 2019;Thoai et al 2018;Tessema et al 2017;Kebede et al 1990). In contrast, some others affirmed that the possibility of adaptation is restrained by farming experience (Shiferaw and Holden 1998;Uddin et al 2014;Ndamani and Watanabe 2016).…”

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Determinants of farmers’ adaptation decisions to climate change in the central coastal region of Vietnam

Mizunoya

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2021

Asia-Pac J Reg Sci

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This study examined measures and factors influencing the climate change adaptation decisions of smallholder farmers holding less than 0.5 hectares of farmland. The binary logit model was applied to analyze data collected by face-to-face interviews with 110 households in Phu Vang Coastal District, Thua Thien Hue Province, Central Vietnam. The findings indicate that most farmers accurately perceived climate-related changes during the recent decade, and implemented various adaptation measures in an effort to alleviate the potential risks. Adaptations included changing crop varieties, adjusting farming calendar, diversifying crops, diversifying livestock, improving irrigation, and intensifying soil quality. In addition, the farming household adaptation decisions were positively affected by gender, education level, number of laborers, income level, involvement in local community organizations, and perception of climate change severity and adaptation measure efficacy. Farmer adaptations, in contrast, were negatively influenced by non-farm income and entirely unaffected by access to credit. Policy-related recommendations were proposed to encourage smallholder farmers to adapt to climate change in the region. Recommendations included (1) improvements in the understanding of climate change, especially for female and less educated farmers; (2) more attention paid to the activities of local community organizations to be more attractive for members; (3) participation in the non-agricultural sector in parallel with implementing climate change adaptation measures in agriculture; (4) preferential loans designed as targets for low-income households combined with strict management to avoid misuse by beneficiaries.

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Determinants of farmers’ adaptation decisions to climate change in the central coastal region of Vietnam

Mizunoya

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2021

Asia-Pac J Reg Sci

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“…However, to remain effective, these strategies were required to evolve over time following the discourse of CC and society (Omerkhil et al, 2020); an approach that is similarly applicable in Nigeria. In Pakistan, Bakhsh and Kamran (2019) showed that adaptation strategies adopted by farmers involved labour-intensive farm practices such as soil bund-making, deep ploughing, and crop diversification. A variety of socioeconomic factors however influenced farmers' responses to adoption.…”

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Systematic review of climate change impact research in Nigeria: implication for sustainable development

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Falana

Solaja

et al. 2021

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There is evidence that Nigeria is already experiencing environmental challenges attributed to climate change (CC) and its impacts. This has clearly highlighted the need for knowledge-based strategies to help plan adequate mitigation and adaptation measures for the country. One of the basic requirements to ensure such strategies is the development of a database of national CC research. This will aid in the assessment of past and present scientific publications from which directions for future study can be mapped. The present study used standard, systematic, and bibliographic literature reviews to analyse the trend, focus, spatial variability, and effectiveness of published research on CC impacts in Nigeria. Four thematic areas of CC impact research were defined: Agriculture, Environment, Human and Multi-disciplinary study. A total of 701 articles were found to be relevant and the review shows that CC impacts and adaptations in the literature vary across research categories and locations. The period between 2011 (68 studies) and 2015 (80 studies) showed a tremendous rise in CC impact research with a peak in 2014 (84 studies). Studies in the agriculture category had the highest publications in 23 States of Nigeria. The review revealed three research gaps: (1) lack of research that investigated the magnitude of present and potential future impacts in the aquatic environment (2) little attention on CC impacts and adaptation in the Northern regions of Nigeria (3) absence of study investigating the effects of multiple variables of CC at the same time. The findings suggest that it would be useful to advance CC research in Nigeria beyond perceptive approaches to more quantitative ones. This is particularly important for highly vulnerable animals, crops, locations, and for better planning of adaptation strategies.

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“…Climate change may reduce organic matter levels in soils and may negatively affect soil fertility through impact on carbon and nitrogen cycles (Brevik, 2013;Pahore et al, 2016) About 5 million ha of the cultivated area (24% of the total cultivated area) in Pakistan is rain-fed (GoP, 2010). Rain-fed agriculture is vulnerable to climate change as poor economic conditions of farmers and limited availability of water hamper the adoption of technological interventions (Bakhsh and Kamran, 2019). Managing soils under climatic change is a challenge for scientists across the world as well as in Pakistan.…”

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Short Communication: Addressing Vulnerability of Agriculture Sector to Climate Change in Pakistan

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Imtiaz²,

Ali³

et al. 2021

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Agriculture sector, being the dominant user of fresh water (70%) is highly vulnerable to climate change in Pakistan. Increase in frequency of floods and drought, rising temperatures and changes in rainfall pattern across the country during the recent years are clear indicators of changing climate. Climate change has serious repercussions for national food security as farmers have limited knowledge and technologies for mitigating the adverse effects of climate change on crop productivity. This situation is expected to decrease yield of major food crops. There exists dire need to make an intensive analysis of situation to identify existing knowledge and technology gaps and suggest doable measures for multiple stake holders like policy makers, scientists and farmers accordingly. This review paper covers the impact of climate change on agriculture and presents strategies to adapt to climate change. Strategies at policy/government level include increased funds for research, improvement of national capacity building (training of trainers) and development of a localized smart early warning system for climate change related events. Key research areas being identified to address vulnerability include development of innovative water use efficient technologies, zone specific agronomic research, applied root research, organic farming to increase soil resilience and research on ground water recharge and quality using simulation models. Farmers shall be sensitized about the issue of climate change through education and every effort shall be made to make proper use of existing farm resources and technologies to live with the changing climate so that national food security is not compromised.

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Adaptation to Climate Change in Rain-Fed Farming System in Punjab, Pakistan

Cited by 36 publications

References 47 publications

Determinants of farmers’ adaptation decisions to climate change in the central coastal region of Vietnam

Determinants of farmers’ adaptation decisions to climate change in the central coastal region of Vietnam

Systematic review of climate change impact research in Nigeria: implication for sustainable development

Short Communication: Addressing Vulnerability of Agriculture Sector to Climate Change in Pakistan

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