Climate change adaptation strategies of small-scale farmers in Ngamiland East, Botswana

Mogomotsi, Patricia K.; Sekelemani, Amogelang; Mogomotsi, Goemeone E. J.

doi:10.1007/s10584-019-02645-w

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“…Accordingly, the men's household heads were 5.28 times more likely to adapt to climate change than women (OR = 5.276). This is consistent with those of Thoai et al (2018), Thanh (2016), Asrat and Simane (2018), and Mogomotsi et al (2020), who found that female-headed households are less likely to employ adaptation strategies to improve agricultural productivity although they tend to be more vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate variations. Asrat and Simane (2018) asserted that women-headed households are commonly constrained because they are responsible for both agricultural and housewife activities.…”

Section: Factors Affecting the Farmers' Adaptation Decisionsupporting

confidence: 88%

“…As the pillar of families, the household head profiles are commonly used to examine the link to adaptation. While most studies indicated that male-head households are more likely to adopt adaptation measures (Thoai et al 2018;Thanh 2016;Asrat and Simane 2018;Mogomotsi et al 2020), others argue on the contrary (Tenge et al 2004). Having fewer opportunities to access information and socio-economic resources, while having to bear more family burdens than males are thought to be the main reasons for this.…”

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confidence: 99%

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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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Section: Factors Affecting the Farmers' Adaptation Decisionsupporting

confidence: 88%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Mizunoya

Định

2021

Asia-Pac J Reg Sci

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“…The findings are shaped by farmers' experience, as most farmers may find their agricultural education not effective or helpful towards climate change adaptation. This view is supported by a study conducted by Mogomotsi et al (2020) who stated that farmers who usually have climate change adaptive strategies in place are those with a wealth of farming experience and they rely more on indigenous knowledge. The study further revealed that when farmers belong to a higher age group they believed that climate change cannot be tackled.…”

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Perception Driven From Farmers’ Socio-economic Characteristics Towards Tackling Climate Change

Tshikororo¹,

Thaba²,

Nefale³

et al. 2021

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Climate change is part of us and we are unlikely to avoid its impact. Impacts of climate change are severely felt within the agricultural sector, the division that strives to ensure food and nutrition security and contribute towards sustainable development in many of the developing countries. The only way farmers can survive in the face of climate change is through adaptation, a phenomenon that needs collaborative efforts. One of the critical driving factors of climate change adaptation is farmers’ perception towards tackling it, the focus of this paper. The main objective of this paper was to assess farmers’ perception towards tackling climate change. The population of the study was emerging farmers drawn from five districts of the Limpopo province, South Africa. The study used a two-stage cluster sampling technique to select a sample size of 206 emerging farmers. The dependent variable of the study was farmers’ perception about tackling climate change while the explanatory variables consisted of their socio-economic characteristics such as age, gender, farming experience and level of education. Discriminant Analysis was used to draw comparison between groups of farmers who perceived that climate change can be tackled and those who believed it cannot be. The results showed that socio-economic characteristics such as formal education, agricultural education, age group, farming experience and off-farm occupation significantly contributed towards farmers’ perception regarding tackling of climate change. Therefore, the study recommended that stakeholders should facilitate linkage of farmers with varied sources of support.

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“…The World Development Indicators (WDI) [18] reported that whereas the expected yield for cereals is over 5.0 t/ha, estimated regional yield is at 2.0 t/ha. Other challenges include the negative effect of climate change and variability, low soil fertility, the incidence of pests and diseases, inadequate extension services and financial support, low use of improved agricultural technologies, unpredictable climatic conditions, and unsustainable agricultural production practices, while the increasing population growth rate has exacerbated the situation [19][20][21]. As a result of these challenges, Ghana has become a net importer of basic foods such as rice and poultry, thereby exceeding the estimated annual earnings of USD 2 billion from cocoa exports [22].…”

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Agriculture for Sustainable Development: A SWOT-AHP Assessment of Ghana’s Planting for Food and Jobs Initiative

2021

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The exponential increase in the population of Ghana and the need to meet the population’s food security needs while creating job opportunities have necessitated the implementation of the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) initiative by the Government of Ghana (GoG). Using the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analytical tool, we SWOT of the PFJ initiative. We further complemented the study with the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) tool to rank the various criteria (factors) identified under the SWOT analysis. The study identified favorable environmental conditions as the highest strength, which recorded 59.3%, followed by agricultural lands availability (21.8%). Inadequate of financial services was identified as the highest weakness (55.8%), followed by over-reliance on climatic conditions (25.9%). High export potential relative to agricultural products in the country was identified as the highest opportunity, which recorded a weight of 50.3%. The One District One Factory (1D1F) initiative came up as the second highest opportunity. Negative ramification of climate change was identified as the main threat to Ghana’s agricultural sector (57.9%), followed by the importation of basic food products (25%).

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Climate change adaptation strategies of small-scale farmers in Ngamiland East, Botswana

Cited by 44 publications

References 43 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

Perception Driven From Farmers’ Socio-economic Characteristics Towards Tackling Climate Change

Agriculture for Sustainable Development: A SWOT-AHP Assessment of Ghana’s Planting for Food and Jobs Initiative

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