Can Protection Motivation Theory Explain Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change Decision Making in The Gambia?
In The Gambia, climate change has affected, and continues to affect, the agriculture sector. Thus, there is a need to develop and understand effective agricultural adaptation policies. The present study used protection motivation theory to describe farmers’ adoption of climate change adaptation meas...
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| author | Bagagnan, Abdoul Rasmane Ouédraogo, Issa Fonta, William M. Sowe, Musa Wallis, Anne |
| author_browse | Bagagnan, Abdoul Rasmane Fonta, William M. Ouédraogo, Issa Sowe, Musa Wallis, Anne |
| author_facet | Bagagnan, Abdoul Rasmane Ouédraogo, Issa Fonta, William M. Sowe, Musa Wallis, Anne |
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| description | In The Gambia, climate change has affected, and continues to affect, the agriculture sector. Thus, there is a need to develop and understand effective agricultural adaptation policies. The present study used protection motivation theory to describe farmers’ adoption of climate change adaptation measures in the Central River Region of The Gambia. Primary data were collected in eight communities of the region. A transect walk was conducted, followed by a survey of farmers (n = 283). Perception data collected referred back to the past 20 years, with stated implementation addressing current adaptation practices. Results showed that the perception variables, namely, severity, ability to withstand, and internal barriers, were significantly correlated with protection motivation, while protection motivation and stated implementation for water conservation technique were strongly correlated. Structural equation modeling confirmed the mediation role of protection motivation between farmers’ “stated implementation” of adaptation measures and their perception of climate variability. A decrease in soil water storage capacity, degradation of the quality of soil surface structure, and a decrease of the length of the growing season are all factors that motivate farmers to implement an adaptation measure. The cost of the implementation and farmers’ vulnerability are factors that prevent implantation of adaptation measures. This study suggested that farmers’ resilience should be improved and adaptation measures should be subsidized in order to make them more accessible to farmers |
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| spelling | CGSpace990872025-02-19T13:42:45Z Can Protection Motivation Theory Explain Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change Decision Making in The Gambia? Bagagnan, Abdoul Rasmane Ouédraogo, Issa Fonta, William M. Sowe, Musa Wallis, Anne climate change agriculuture food security In The Gambia, climate change has affected, and continues to affect, the agriculture sector. Thus, there is a need to develop and understand effective agricultural adaptation policies. The present study used protection motivation theory to describe farmers’ adoption of climate change adaptation measures in the Central River Region of The Gambia. Primary data were collected in eight communities of the region. A transect walk was conducted, followed by a survey of farmers (n = 283). Perception data collected referred back to the past 20 years, with stated implementation addressing current adaptation practices. Results showed that the perception variables, namely, severity, ability to withstand, and internal barriers, were significantly correlated with protection motivation, while protection motivation and stated implementation for water conservation technique were strongly correlated. Structural equation modeling confirmed the mediation role of protection motivation between farmers’ “stated implementation” of adaptation measures and their perception of climate variability. A decrease in soil water storage capacity, degradation of the quality of soil surface structure, and a decrease of the length of the growing season are all factors that motivate farmers to implement an adaptation measure. The cost of the implementation and farmers’ vulnerability are factors that prevent implantation of adaptation measures. This study suggested that farmers’ resilience should be improved and adaptation measures should be subsidized in order to make them more accessible to farmers 2019-01-14 2019-01-16T14:07:39Z 2019-01-16T14:07:39Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99087 en Open Access MDPI Bagagnan AR ,Ouedraogo I, Fonta WM, Sowe M, Wallis A. 2019. Can Protection Motivation Theory Explain Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change Decision Making in The Gambia? Climate 7(1):13. |
| spellingShingle | climate change agriculuture food security Bagagnan, Abdoul Rasmane Ouédraogo, Issa Fonta, William M. Sowe, Musa Wallis, Anne Can Protection Motivation Theory Explain Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change Decision Making in The Gambia? |
| title | Can Protection Motivation Theory Explain Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change Decision Making in The Gambia? |
| title_full | Can Protection Motivation Theory Explain Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change Decision Making in The Gambia? |
| title_fullStr | Can Protection Motivation Theory Explain Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change Decision Making in The Gambia? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can Protection Motivation Theory Explain Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change Decision Making in The Gambia? |
| title_short | Can Protection Motivation Theory Explain Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change Decision Making in The Gambia? |
| title_sort | can protection motivation theory explain farmers adaptation to climate change decision making in the gambia |
| topic | climate change agriculuture food security |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99087 |
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