Constraints to the capacity of smallholder farming households to adapt to climate change in South and Southeast Asia

Brown, Peter R.; Afroz, Sharmin; Chialue, Lytoua; Chiranjeevi, T.; El, Sotheary; Grünbühel, Clemens M.; Khan, Iqbal Alam; Pitkin, Cathy; Reddy, V. Ratna; Roth, Christian; Sacklokham, Silinthone; Williams, Liana J.

doi:10.1080/17565529.2018.1442798

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“…Farmers in SA use a wide range of resources to adapt to climate change, and thus, households with better access to multiple resources and diverse livelihood portfolios are more likely to better cope with climate risks (Ojha et al 2014;Bhatta et al 2017;Brown et al 2018;Thornton et al 2018). Given the site-specific nature of climate change impacts on agricultural production together with wide variation in agro-ecosystems and socioeconomic conditions, adaptation strategies must acknowledge environmental and cultural contexts at the regional and local levels.…”

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Climate change and agriculture in South Asia: adaptation options in smallholder production systems

Aryal

Sapkota

Khurana³

et al. 2019

Environ Dev Sustain

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Agriculture in South Asia is vulnerable to climate change. Therefore, adaptation measures are required to sustain agricultural productivity, to reduce vulnerability, and to enhance the resilience of the agricultural system to climate change. There are many adaptation practices in the production systems that have been proposed and tested for minimizing the effects of climate change. Some socioeconomic and political setup contributes to adaptation, while others may inhibit it. This paper presents a systematic review of the impacts of climate change on crop production and also the major options in the agricultural sector that are available for adaptation to climate change. One of the key conclusions is that agricultural practices that help climate change adaptation in agriculture are available, while the institutional setup to implement and disseminate those technical solutions is yet to be strengthened. Thus, it is important to examine how to bring the required institutional change, generate fund to invest on these changes, and design dynamic policies for long-term climate change adaptation in agriculture rather than a mere focus on agricultural technology. This is one of the areas where South Asian climate policies require reconsidering to avoid possible maladaptation in the long run.

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confidence: 99%

Climate change and agriculture in South Asia: adaptation options in smallholder production systems

Aryal

Sapkota

Khurana³

et al. 2019

Environ Dev Sustain

346

128

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“…India is one of the most drought-prone regions of the world; about 69 per cent of its geographical area falls under dryland (arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid), which receives less than 750 mm rainfall (Ajai, Arya, Dhinwa, Pathan, & Ganesh, 2009;Banerjee, 2014). These regions are characterized with a high populace mainly dependent on livelihoods sensitive to climate perturbations and witness to frequent fluctuations in agricultural production and therefore in incomes (Bizikova, Parry, Karami, & Echeverria, 2015;Brown et al, 2018). High dependence on climate-sensitive sectors, limited infrastructure, volatile markets, poor socio-economic and low biophysical status of the habitat makes the rural poor most vulnerable to climate change (Banerjee, 2014; Safriel & Adeel, 2005;Singh et al, 2017).…”

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Assessing differential vulnerability of communities in the agrarian context in two districts of Maharashtra, India

Kuchimanchi

Nazareth

Bendapudi

et al. 2019

Climate and Development

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Climate variability causes multiple difficulties to rural poor. The loss in agriculture production is the most predominant impact among many, especially in drought-prone regions of India. Aggravating this further are the non-climatic risks like depletion of groundwater, land fragmentation, lack of post-harvest structures and disappearing and deteriorating common property resources among many others. Within this context, the current study presents how agrarian livelihoods in rural Maharashtra has been transforming to adapt to both the changing climate and non-climatic drivers. A community engaging vulnerability assessment tool was used to explore the climate risks and vulnerabilities of different social groups. Insights indicate that vulnerability is socially differentiated and across farmer categories and social groups. Caste and social standing play a significant role in access to resources, land ownership, livelihoods choices and approachesimpacting their vulnerability to climate change. The study concludes that vulnerability assessments need to be conducted at lower scales, as climate risks vary even within small clusters of villages. This understanding helps designing programmes and policies that build adaptive capacities of rural poor and thus recommends integrating community engagement into academic research is critical.

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“…This is mainly due to their geographical location and dependency on precipitation. Furthermore, they belong to the developing world and it is difficult for them to cope with the changing precipitation patterns due to lack of famers' training, social and human capital, and credit facility [29].…”

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“…Such macro-level factors that enable farmers to adapt to climate change are missing in the existing literature. Developed countries are providing such services to their farmers, to facilitate them to make adaptations to climate change; however, the developing countries are lagging far behind and it can be difficult for them to adapt [27][28][29].…”

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Do Farmers Adapt to Climate Change? A Macro Perspective

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Greenhouse gas emissions cause climate change, and agriculture is the most vulnerable sector. Farmers do have some capability to adapt to changing weather and climate, but this capability is contingent on many factors, including geographical and socioeconomic conditions. Assessing the actual adaptation potential in the agricultural sector is therefore an empirical issue, to which this paper contributes by presenting a study examining the impacts of climate change on cereal yields in 55 developing and developed countries, using data from 1991 to 2015. The results indicate that cereal yields are affected in all regions by changes in temperature and precipitation, with significant differences in certain macro-regions in the world. In Southern Asia and Central Africa, farmers fail to adapt to climate change. The findings suggest that the world should focus more on enhancing adaptive capacity to moderate potential damage and on coping with the consequences of climate change.

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Constraints to the capacity of smallholder farming households to adapt to climate change in South and Southeast Asia

Cited by 49 publications

References 48 publications

Climate change and agriculture in South Asia: adaptation options in smallholder production systems

Climate change and agriculture in South Asia: adaptation options in smallholder production systems

Assessing differential vulnerability of communities in the agrarian context in two districts of Maharashtra, India

Do Farmers Adapt to Climate Change? A Macro Perspective

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