Climate change trends in Malta and related beliefs, concerns and attitudes toward adaptation among Gozitan farmers

Galdies, Charles; Said, Ali; Camilleri, Liberato; Caruana, Mark Anthony

doi:10.1016/j.eja.2015.11.011

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“…In addition, a general perception among the farmers is that the amount of annual rainfall received decreased and ambient temperatures roses over the past two decades [66]. Similar results have been obtained in the work of Galdies et al [67] in which the main belief of farmers is that warmer conditions are clearly leading to negative climate change impacts. The multiple-mediation models conducted by Haden et al [68] also indicate how suffering water scarcity in the past motivates farmers' concern for local water availability, and this increases their motivation to fight climate change.…”

Section: Perceived Climate-related Risks and Sensitivitysupporting

confidence: 77%

Evaluating Public Attitudes and Farmers’ Beliefs towards Climate Change Adaptation: Awareness, Perception, and Populism at European Level

Ricart

Cantos

Amorós

2018

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The scientific understanding of climate change is firmly established; it is occurring, it is primarily due to human activities, and it poses potentially serious risks to human and natural systems. Nevertheless, public understanding of this phenomenon varies widely among farmers and the public, the two-target audience of this paper. This paper introduces two research questions: (1) How climate change is perceived by public-farmers’ nexus; and (2) How perception and populism (as a thin-ideology moved by social forces) interact? In order to address both questions, we review insights from different sources (literature, research projects, and public opinion services) over the last 10 years. The results proved how public experience of climate change is interdependent with the belief that climate change is happening. What is also notable is that the greater the years of farmers’ farming experiences, the greater the percentage rate of their climate change awareness. Differences among farmers and public perceptions were also noted. Uncertainty, coupled with skepticism, the media, and political will, are common findings when asking to farmers and the public for the main weaknesses in adaptation to climate change. However, scientific consensus, meteorological data, barriers to adaptation, and the role of technology are subjects in which both differ.

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Section: Perceived Climate-related Risks and Sensitivitysupporting

confidence: 77%

Evaluating Public Attitudes and Farmers’ Beliefs towards Climate Change Adaptation: Awareness, Perception, and Populism at European Level

Ricart

Cantos

Amorós

2018

Land

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“…Among the European Member States, Malta is the most highly stressed country for indigenous water sources (Eurostat, 2018) with water supplies being heavily dependent on groundwater and desalination (Conrad & Cassar, 2014). The semi-arid climate of the Maltese Islands is typical of the Mediterranean with a mean maximum temperature of 22.3 °C and an annual total precipitation of 553.1 mm (Galdies, Said, Camilleri, & Caruana, 2016). Summer and autumn are typically the warmest seasons with low of rainfall for both seasons.…”

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Estimating Impacts of Land Use Change on Evapotranspiration for Three Agricultural Crops in Malta—A Preliminary Assessment

Fenech¹,

Knox²,

Borg³

et al. 2019

JAS

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Estimating evapotranspiration is crucial for better management of catchment water resources. In this study, the FAO CropWat model was used to estimate reference evapotranspiration (ETo), crop evapotranspiration (ETc), and total gross water requirements for three economically important agricultural crops grown in Malta: potatoes, wheat, and vineyards for three years representative of a typically wet (2003), average (2009), and dry (2013) year. In addition, changes in ETc due to changes in land use were estimated for 2009 and 2013 relative to a 2003 baseline. Across all three years and crops, the average ETo rates were estimated to range between 3.7 mm day -1 (2003) and 4.0 mm day-1 (2013) while average ETc rates were estimated to range between 1.6 mm day-1 and 5.3 mm day-1, respectively. For all three years, the highest total gross water requirement was estimated for wheat, reaching a maximum of 1450 mm in 2013. The results suggest that changes in land use between 2003 and 2013 were the main driver for changes in crop water demand. Differences in water demand compared to 2003 were estimated to range between -38% and 60%. This could have a substantial impact on the future sustainability of Malta’s increasingly constrained water resources.

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“…They are also more conservative as opposed to younger farmers and may consider climate change religiously rather than by evidence. The level of suspicion is dependent on demographics, personal experience and values, among other factors [41].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In other words, when the values of these variables increase, it is expected to decrease in the risk perception by farmers. There are many researches indicating that the selected variables of this research have an effect on attitudes, perceptions and behaviors of individuals [40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48] either in a positive or negative way. These are described in more detail in the following sections.…”

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Farmers’ Risk Perception towards Climate Change: A Case of the GAP-Şanlıurfa Region, Turkey

Aydoğdu

Yenigün

2016

Sustainability

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Abstract:The purpose of this research is to evaluate farmers' risk perception towards climate change in dry farming areas of theŞanlıurfa province in Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Region, Turkey, and their willingness to pay for adaptation practices and explore the potential factors that contribute to the understanding of climate change. The main material of this research comes from a sample of 466 farmers among 32,809 inŞanlıurfa who were chosen via a simple random sampling method. Sampling was conducted in 2014 and participants were interviewed face to face by questionnaires and local interviewers were used in order to maximize the reliability of the results. The logistic regression and fit tests were used for analysis. The results indicate that 53% of farmers have a risk perception about climate change and 62% of farmers accept paying for adaptation practices to reduce its potential effects. Explanatory affecting factors, such as age, agricultural income, amount of land owned, farming experience, agricultural credit usage, household numbers, non-agricultural manpower, education level and water perception, significantly explained the risk perceptions. This study is one of the first of its type in GAP-Şanlıurfa, Turkey. Therefore, the results could be helpful for decision-and policy-makers to develop adaptive strategies.

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Climate change trends in Malta and related beliefs, concerns and attitudes toward adaptation among Gozitan farmers

Cited by 29 publications

References 35 publications

Evaluating Public Attitudes and Farmers’ Beliefs towards Climate Change Adaptation: Awareness, Perception, and Populism at European Level

Evaluating Public Attitudes and Farmers’ Beliefs towards Climate Change Adaptation: Awareness, Perception, and Populism at European Level

Estimating Impacts of Land Use Change on Evapotranspiration for Three Agricultural Crops in Malta—A Preliminary Assessment

Farmers’ Risk Perception towards Climate Change: A Case of the GAP-Şanlıurfa Region, Turkey

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