Assessing farmers’ preparedness to cope with the impacts of multiple climate change-related hazards in the Terai lowlands of Nepal

Budhathoki, Nanda Kaji; Paton, Douglas; Lassa, Jonatan; Zander, Kerstin K.

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101656

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“…In addition, common climate change impacts identified were frequent drought (19 papers), and floods (10 papers). Farmers in some places have encountered other impacts, such as cyclones [26,27] heatwaves [28], dry spells [29], cold spells [28,30], and land erosion [22,31,32]. These climate impacts are presented in Figure 4.…”

Section: Perceived Impacts Of Climate Changementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In Pakistan, farmers planted bamboo to reduce soil erosion or planted shade trees to protect crops from increasing temperatures [19,31,42]. In some places, farmers employed land levelling to prevent the loss of moisture [40] and elevated the land [28] or made stone embankments to protect their land from erosion caused by flooding [31].…”

Section: Soil Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…When adapting to increasing temperatures and drought, farmers can use a variety of water practices. Eight papers reported that farmers have to provide supplementary irrigation or increase the amount of irrigation during drought periods [28,29,36,[42][43][44][45][46]. Harvesting rainwater to use during the dry season is an essential method used in Sri Lanka [29], India [35], and Nepal [21,38,39].…”

Section: Water Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Changing crop types was discussed in seven papers. Farmers in Nepal adopt this strategy to minimise the adverse impact of climate change and earn more income [21,28]. Changing crop type is an effective practice adopted by farmers in Pakistan to deal with pest infestation, water shortage, and extreme weather events [19].…”

Section: Land Use Option Changes and Crop Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Climate Change Adaptation Influences and Barriers Impacting the Asian Agricultural Industry

2021

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There has been an increasing interest among scholars regarding the impacts of climate change on agriculture and possible adaptation strategies for farmers. Little attention has been paid, however, to reviewing adaptation initiatives amongst farmers in Asia. This article fills this knowledge gap by examining the current literature on Asian farmers’ perception of climate change, their adaptation strategies, key factors influencing their choices, and the barriers to change. A systematic quantitative literature review is undertaken of 48 papers taken from a range of sources. The review indicates that farmers’ perceptions of climate change have been consistent with the scientific data. It further identifies farmers’ adaptation strategies with regards to soil conservation, water management and land use changes. The review shows numerous factors influencing, and barriers impacting, farmers’ ability to adapt. Influencing factors were analysed and categorised into five groups: cognitive, demographic, social-economic, resources, and institutional. Barriers hampering their adaptive capacity were identified as: a lack of access to information, a lack of access to extension services, limited awareness and knowledge, and limited financial options. The review finishes with some recommendations for future research.

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Section: Perceived Impacts Of Climate Changementioning

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Section: Soil Managementmentioning

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Section: Water Managementmentioning

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Section: Land Use Option Changes and Crop Managementmentioning

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“…In addition to mitigation plans, farmers conduct adaptation toward natural hazards by changing planting dates and crop varieties and increasing the use of fertilisers and pesticides [29,91]. However, overuse of chemical materials should be more controlled not to harm the environment too much [14].…”

Section: Pre Disastermentioning

confidence: 99%

Farmers’ Disaster Mitigation Strategies in Indonesia

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Rahmawati

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Indonesia experiences various disasters that affect human life in the economic and social aspects. Those disasters also affect the agriculture sector, and farmers have to face destroyed land and crop loss. The lives of farmers become more vulnerable. This paper presents the various disasters in Indonesia that affect agriculture, how the farmers' lives get affected, and how the farmers cope with the impacts of the disasters with various mitigation strategies. Management of disaster risk reduction is being conducted by farmers with their local wisdom such as using predicting climate change with pranata mangsa in Java, and applying pikukuh for earthquake resistant house construction in Badduy Tribe. It is supported by the relevant stakeholders that, time by time, gets more support with advanced sciences. Farmers do have their own ways to cope with disasters, but other parties' involvement is needed to make disaster risk reduction management more effective such as through education or direct and indirect aids. Farmers cannot work along for the disaster mitigation, therefore good inter stakeholder coordination is needed.

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