Assessing the determinants of rice farmers' adaptation strategies to climate change in Bangladesh

Sarker, Md. Abdur Rashid; Alam, Khorshed; Gow, Jeff

doi:10.1108/ijccsm-06-2012-0033

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“…K. Hasan et al, 2018;Szabo et al, 2016b). There has also been some investigation into the factors correlated with agricultural adaptation in the context of a changing environment (Anik et al, 2018;Habiba et al, 2012;Sarker et al, 2013). These studies, along with our findings, point toward the need for implementation research that assesses socio-economic circumstances as mediating factors for adaptation uptake and food security.…”

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Salinity and food security in southwest coastal Bangladesh: impacts on household food production and strategies for adaptation

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The rising salinity of land and water is an important, but understudied, climate change-sensitive trend that can exert devastating impacts on food security. This mixed methods investigation combines salinity testing with qualitative research methods to explore these impacts in one of the most salinity-affected regions in the world—the Ganges River Delta. Data collection in 2015 and 2016 undertaken in Bangladesh’s southwest coastal region and Dhaka consisted of 83 in-depth household and stakeholder interviews, six community focus groups, and salinity testing of 27 soil and 45 surface and groundwater samples. Results show that household food production is a multifaceted cornerstone of rural livelihood in the southwest coastal region, and virtually every component of it—from rice plantation and homestead gardening to livestock cultivation and aquaculture—is being negatively affected by salinity. Although households have attempted multiple strategies for adapting food production, effective adaptation remains elusive. At the community level, improved irrigation and floodplain management, as well as restrictions on saltwater aquaculture to abate salinity, are viewed as promising interventions. However, the potential of such measures remains unrealized on a broad scale, as they require a level of external resources and regulation not yet provided by the NGO and government sectors. This study elucidates issues of accessibility, equity, and governance surrounding agricultural interventions for climate change-related salinity adaptation, and its findings can help inform the community of organizations that will increasingly need to grapple with salinity in order to guarantee food security in the context of environmental change.

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“…Before the model is run, all the hypothesized independent variables were tested for multicollinearity using the variance inflation factor (VIF). We found the VIFs of the independent variables were below 10 (1.09-2.03), indicating that there is no issue of multicollinearity [35].…”

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“…Multinomial probit and logit models are the two commonly used regression models when there are more than two dependent variables and the dependent variables are unordered and categorical [35,36]. We chose the Multinomial Logit (MNL) model over the probit model for this study because: (1) It gives more precise parameter estimation [37]; (2) It estimates the likelihood of adoption of non-reference categories against a reference (base) category in terms of relative risk ratio (RRR) [36];…”

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Who Adopts Agroforestry in a Subsistence Economy?—Lessons from the Terai of Nepal

Dhakal¹,

Kumar²

2020

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Agroforestry is recognized as a sustainable land use practice. However, the uptake of such a promising land use practice is slow. Through this research, carried out in a Terai district of Nepal, we thoroughly examine what influences farmers’ choice of agroforestry adoption and what discourages the adoption. For this, a total of 288 households were surveyed using a structured questionnaire. Two agroforestry practices were compared with conventional agriculture with the help of the Multinomial Logistic Regression (MNL) model. The likelihood of adoption was found to be influenced by gender: the male-headed households were more likely to adopt the tree-based farming practice. Having a source of off-farm income was positively associated with the adoption decision of farmers. Area of farmland was found as the major constraint to agroforestry adoption for smallholder farmers. Some other variables that affected positively included livestock herd size, provision of extension service, home-to- forest distance, farmers’ group membership and awareness of farmers about environmental benefits of agroforestry. Irrigation was another adoption constraint that the study area farmers were faced with. The households with a means of transport and with a larger family (household) size were found to be reluctant regarding agroforestry adoption. A collective farming practice could be a strategy to engage the smallholder farmers in agroforestry.

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“…Thus, a better understanding of existing adaptation patterns is essential for development of adaptation policies (Abid et al 2019). In addition, several empirical studies on determinants of farm-level adaptations indicate that the educational background, gender, age of household head, household capital, landholding, tenure status, experience of farming, livestock ownership, credit availability, social capital, and regional climate influence farmers' adaptations (Al-Hassan 2013;Ashraf et al 2014;Deressa et al 2009;Hassan and Nhemachena 2008;Piya et al 2013;Sarker et al 2009;Tesfahunegn et al 2016).…”

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Perceptions of and Adaptations to Climate Change, Determinants and Barriers Among Pastoralists in Inner Mongolia, Arid and Semi-Arid Region of China

Wang

Liu

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Climate change is going to be one that presents major challenges facing pastoral system, especially in arid and semi-arid region. How pastoralists perceive and adapt has become increasingly important part in providing foundation for households and governments to develop adaptation policies. This article aims to investigate the pastoralists' perceptions on climatic change variability and impacts, in addition, to explore the pastoralists' adaptation strategies and determinants using a Multivariate Probit Model, as well as barriers and needs in the adaptive process. We collected questionnaires from the pastoral areas across four districts in Inner Mongolia. The findings revealed that pastoralists' perception of the inter-annual temperature variation is relatively coincide with actual meteorological data. This study found that 11 adaptation strategies have been commonly used by pastoralists, moreover, household production capital, risk-buffering capacity, and social network influenced the pastoralists' adaptations. However, barriers remain for pastoralists, such as inadequate capital and labor, lack of water, limited access to credit, technological knowledge, and timely weather information. Further, our findings indicated that pastoralists need hazard relief fund, improved pasture facilities, technical knowledge training, active weather-based information, integrated pest and disease management and off-farm employment opportunities. This combination of our findings potentially provides some support for developing appropriate and long-term specific policies to mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change.

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Assessing the determinants of rice farmers' adaptation strategies to climate change in Bangladesh

Cited by 75 publications

References 46 publications

Salinity and food security in southwest coastal Bangladesh: impacts on household food production and strategies for adaptation

Salinity and food security in southwest coastal Bangladesh: impacts on household food production and strategies for adaptation

Who Adopts Agroforestry in a Subsistence Economy?—Lessons from the Terai of Nepal

Perceptions of and Adaptations to Climate Change, Determinants and Barriers Among Pastoralists in Inner Mongolia, Arid and Semi-Arid Region of China

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