Interpretation of climate change and agricultural adaptations by local household farmers: A case study at Bin County, Northeast China
Although climate change impacts and agricultural adaptations have been studied extensively, how smallholder farmers perceive climate change and adapt their agricultural activities is poorly understood. Survey-based data (presents farmers' personal perceptions and adaptations to climate change) assoc...
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| author | Yu, Qiang-Yi Wu, Wen-Bin Liu, Zhen-Huan Verburg, Peter H. Xia, Tian Yang, Peng Lu, Zhong-Jun You, Liangzhi Tang, Hua-Jun |
| author_browse | Liu, Zhen-Huan Lu, Zhong-Jun Tang, Hua-Jun Verburg, Peter H. Wu, Wen-Bin Xia, Tian Yang, Peng You, Liangzhi Yu, Qiang-Yi |
| author_facet | Yu, Qiang-Yi Wu, Wen-Bin Liu, Zhen-Huan Verburg, Peter H. Xia, Tian Yang, Peng Lu, Zhong-Jun You, Liangzhi Tang, Hua-Jun |
| author_sort | Yu, Qiang-Yi |
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| description | Although climate change impacts and agricultural adaptations have been studied extensively, how smallholder farmers perceive climate change and adapt their agricultural activities is poorly understood. Survey-based data (presents farmers' personal perceptions and adaptations to climate change) associated with external biophysical-socioeconomic data (presents real-world climate change) were used to develop a farmer-centered framework to explore climate change impacts and agricultural adaptations at a local level. A case study at Bin County (1980s–2010s), Northeast China, suggested that increased annual average temperature (0.6°C per decade) and decreased annual precipitation (46 mm per decade, both from meteorological datasets) were correctly perceived by 76 and 66.9%, respectively, of farmers from the survey, and that a longer growing season was confirmed by 70% of them. These reasonably correct perceptions enabled local farmers to make appropriate adaptations to cope with climate change: Longer season alternative varieties were found for maize and rice, which led to a significant yield increase for both crops. The longer season also affected crop choice: More farmers selected maize instead of soybean, as implicated from survey results by a large increase in the maize growing area. Comparing warming-related factors, we found that precipitation and agricultural disasters were the least likely causes for farmers' agricultural decisions. As a result, crop and variety selection, rather than disaster prevention and infrastructure improvement, was the most common ways for farmers to adapt to the notable warming trend in the study region. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1496512025-02-19T13:42:45Z Interpretation of climate change and agricultural adaptations by local household farmers: A case study at Bin County, Northeast China Yu, Qiang-Yi Wu, Wen-Bin Liu, Zhen-Huan Verburg, Peter H. Xia, Tian Yang, Peng Lu, Zhong-Jun You, Liangzhi Tang, Hua-Jun senses surveys adaptation agriculture climate change Although climate change impacts and agricultural adaptations have been studied extensively, how smallholder farmers perceive climate change and adapt their agricultural activities is poorly understood. Survey-based data (presents farmers' personal perceptions and adaptations to climate change) associated with external biophysical-socioeconomic data (presents real-world climate change) were used to develop a farmer-centered framework to explore climate change impacts and agricultural adaptations at a local level. A case study at Bin County (1980s–2010s), Northeast China, suggested that increased annual average temperature (0.6°C per decade) and decreased annual precipitation (46 mm per decade, both from meteorological datasets) were correctly perceived by 76 and 66.9%, respectively, of farmers from the survey, and that a longer growing season was confirmed by 70% of them. These reasonably correct perceptions enabled local farmers to make appropriate adaptations to cope with climate change: Longer season alternative varieties were found for maize and rice, which led to a significant yield increase for both crops. The longer season also affected crop choice: More farmers selected maize instead of soybean, as implicated from survey results by a large increase in the maize growing area. Comparing warming-related factors, we found that precipitation and agricultural disasters were the least likely causes for farmers' agricultural decisions. As a result, crop and variety selection, rather than disaster prevention and infrastructure improvement, was the most common ways for farmers to adapt to the notable warming trend in the study region. 2014 2024-08-01T02:49:41Z 2024-08-01T02:49:41Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149651 en Open Access Elsevier Yu, Qiang-Yi; Wu, Wen-Bin; Liu, Zhen-Huan; Verburg, Peter H.; Xia, Tian; Yang, Peng; Lu, Zhong-Jun; You, Liangzhi; and Tang, Hua-Jun. 2014. Interpretation of climate change and agricultural adaptations by local household farmers: A case study at Bin County, Northeast China. Journal of Integrative Agriculture 13(7): 1599-1608. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2095-3119(14)60805-4 |
| spellingShingle | senses surveys adaptation agriculture climate change Yu, Qiang-Yi Wu, Wen-Bin Liu, Zhen-Huan Verburg, Peter H. Xia, Tian Yang, Peng Lu, Zhong-Jun You, Liangzhi Tang, Hua-Jun Interpretation of climate change and agricultural adaptations by local household farmers: A case study at Bin County, Northeast China |
| title | Interpretation of climate change and agricultural adaptations by local household farmers: A case study at Bin County, Northeast China |
| title_full | Interpretation of climate change and agricultural adaptations by local household farmers: A case study at Bin County, Northeast China |
| title_fullStr | Interpretation of climate change and agricultural adaptations by local household farmers: A case study at Bin County, Northeast China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interpretation of climate change and agricultural adaptations by local household farmers: A case study at Bin County, Northeast China |
| title_short | Interpretation of climate change and agricultural adaptations by local household farmers: A case study at Bin County, Northeast China |
| title_sort | interpretation of climate change and agricultural adaptations by local household farmers a case study at bin county northeast china |
| topic | senses surveys adaptation agriculture climate change |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149651 |
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