Smallholder farmer cropping decisions related to climate variability across multiple regions
A long history of household-level research has provided important local-level insights into climate adaptation strategies in the agricultural sector. It remains unclear to what extent these strategies are generalizable or vary across regions. In this study we ask about three potential key factors in...
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| author | Wood, SA Jina, AS Jain, M Kristjanson, Patricia M. DeFries, Ruth S. |
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| description | A long history of household-level research has provided important local-level insights into climate
adaptation strategies in the agricultural sector. It remains unclear to what extent these strategies are generalizable or vary across regions. In this study we ask about three potential key factors influencing farming households’ ability to adapt: access to weather information, household and agricultural production-related assets, and participation in local social institutions. We use a 12-country data set from sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to explore the links between these three potential drivers of agricultural change and the likelihood that farmers made farm-associated changes, such as adopting improved crop varieties, increasing fertilizer use, investing in improved land management practices, and changing the timing of agricultural activities. We find evidence that access to weather information, assets, and participation in social institutions are associated with households that have reported making farming changes in recent years, although these results vary across countries and types of practices.
Understanding these drivers and outcomes of farm-associated changes across different socio-economic and environmental conditions is critical for ongoing dialogues for climate-resilient strategies and policies for increasing the adaptive capacity of smallholders under climate change. |
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| spelling | CGSpace348872025-02-19T14:32:19Z Smallholder farmer cropping decisions related to climate variability across multiple regions Wood, SA Jina, AS Jain, M Kristjanson, Patricia M. DeFries, Ruth S. analysis climate adaptation agriculture cropping patterns food security A long history of household-level research has provided important local-level insights into climate adaptation strategies in the agricultural sector. It remains unclear to what extent these strategies are generalizable or vary across regions. In this study we ask about three potential key factors influencing farming households’ ability to adapt: access to weather information, household and agricultural production-related assets, and participation in local social institutions. We use a 12-country data set from sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to explore the links between these three potential drivers of agricultural change and the likelihood that farmers made farm-associated changes, such as adopting improved crop varieties, increasing fertilizer use, investing in improved land management practices, and changing the timing of agricultural activities. We find evidence that access to weather information, assets, and participation in social institutions are associated with households that have reported making farming changes in recent years, although these results vary across countries and types of practices. Understanding these drivers and outcomes of farm-associated changes across different socio-economic and environmental conditions is critical for ongoing dialogues for climate-resilient strategies and policies for increasing the adaptive capacity of smallholders under climate change. 2014-03 2014-02-18T11:24:15Z 2014-02-18T11:24:15Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34887 en Open Access Elsevier Wood Sa, Jina AS, Jain M, Kristjanson P, DeFries RS. 2013. Smallholder farmer cropping decisions related to climate variability across multiple regions. Global Environmental Change. |
| spellingShingle | analysis climate adaptation agriculture cropping patterns food security Wood, SA Jina, AS Jain, M Kristjanson, Patricia M. DeFries, Ruth S. Smallholder farmer cropping decisions related to climate variability across multiple regions |
| title | Smallholder farmer cropping decisions related to climate variability across multiple regions |
| title_full | Smallholder farmer cropping decisions related to climate variability across multiple regions |
| title_fullStr | Smallholder farmer cropping decisions related to climate variability across multiple regions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Smallholder farmer cropping decisions related to climate variability across multiple regions |
| title_short | Smallholder farmer cropping decisions related to climate variability across multiple regions |
| title_sort | smallholder farmer cropping decisions related to climate variability across multiple regions |
| topic | analysis climate adaptation agriculture cropping patterns food security |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34887 |
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