Linking smallholder farmer climate change adaptation decisions to development

Burnham, Morey; Ma, Zhao

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“…This uncertainty as a result of climate variability and change has resulted in a plethora of adaptation measures to tackle the potential implications of climatic changes and to help farming communities to better face extreme weather conditions associated with climate variations (Ndamani and Watanabe, 2015). Studies have indicated that, knowledge of smallholder farmers on adaptation may be used as baseline information in developing planned adaptations and inform development policy and other decision making process (Fosu-Mensah et al, 2012;Nhamo et al, 2014;Burnham and Ma, 2016). Adaptation is differentiated by the space within which it is designed.…”

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Smallholder farmers experiences of climate variability and change on pineapple production in Ghana: Examining adaptation strategies for improved production

Williams¹,

Larbi²,

Yeboah³

et al. 2018

J. Agric. Ext. Rural Dev

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Climate variability and change presents enormous risk to agricultural production globally due to the impacts on yields. While global scholarship on climate change impacts and adaptation measures on agriculture has been well-documented, little is known about climate and pineapple production. This study examined smallholder pineapple farmers experiences of climate variability and change on production, as well as ranked adaptation options using data from both primary and secondary sources. The primary data consisted of survey and focus group discussions in four major pineapple growing districts in Ghana. The analysis revealed that pineapple farmers experience climate variability and change evidenced mainly through irregular rainfall patterns and rising temperatures. These changes cause reduction in fruit size and yield, change in colour and taste, and consequently, reduction in income from pineapple production. Although diverisification of livelihood away from pineapple cultivation emerged as the main adaptation option employed by smallholder pineapple farmers studied, it has the potential to reduce pineapple production in Ghana. For improvement and sustainability of the pineapple industry in Ghana, future studies should investigate the vulnerability of the production system to changing climate to effectively identify exposure and sensitivity of pineapple production to climatic changes. This will in effect, enhance identification of measures that will improve production as well as promote adaptation of the smallholder production systems to climate variability and change.

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Smallholder farmers experiences of climate variability and change on pineapple production in Ghana: Examining adaptation strategies for improved production

Williams¹,

Larbi²,

Yeboah³

et al. 2018

J. Agric. Ext. Rural Dev

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“…Knowledge of climate change impacts and possible adaptation strategies is important because planned adaptation efforts can build upon this knowledge which is critical to systematically remove constraints and create an enabling environment to facilitate autonomous and/or planned adaptation (Burnham & Ma, 2016). Interventions to increase adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers should therefore encourage the formal and informal social networks to be more involved in promoting discussions on climate change in the community.…”

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“…Recent literature on smallholder farmer climate change adaptation decisions shows that adaptation is driven by multiple stressors (Burnham & Ma, 2016). …”

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“…Many farmers indicate strong concerns related to the economic situation, their ability to learn from other farmers and their familiarity with local knowledge and geography to adapt. Farmers' willingness to adapt to climate change and diversify adaptation strategies depended on their economic interests and their understanding of the market (Burnham & Ma, 2016) as well as on the quality of their r social network and social communication (Below et al, 2010). Farmers are also willing to change their choices and decisions based on the information they received (Grothmann & Patt, 2005).…”

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“…Thus, in order to respond to climate change impacts, researchers may consider both objective determinants (e.g. financial or physical capital) (Burnham & Ma, 2016) and subjective determinants (e.g. how individuals and communities perceive the process of adaptation and their self-efficacy) (Wolf et al, 2013) of adaptive capacity in future climate change adaptation programs and policies to facilitate adaptive actions (Burnham & Ma, 2017).…”

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Linking smallholder farmer climate change adaptation decisions to development

Cited by 102 publications

References 81 publications

Smallholder farmers experiences of climate variability and change on pineapple production in Ghana: Examining adaptation strategies for improved production

Smallholder farmers experiences of climate variability and change on pineapple production in Ghana: Examining adaptation strategies for improved production

Developing adaptive capacity in times of climate change in central rural Vietnam: exploring smallholders’ learning and governance

Tackling climate change under time‐poverty: Cooperatives as temporal pacers

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