Most investigation into climate adaptation to date has focused on specific technological interventions and socio-economic aspects of adaptive capacity. New perspectives posit that socio-cognitive factors may be as or more important in motivating individuals to take adaptive actions. Recent research indicates that incorporating insights from motivation theory can enhance theorization of adaptive...

A primary goal of studying climate change adaptation is to estimate the net impacts of climate change. Many potential changes in agricultural management and technology, including shifts in crop phenology and improved drought and heat tolerance, would help to improve crop productivity but do not necessarily represent true adaptations. Here the importance of retaining a strict definition of adapt...

Community-based organizations (CBOs) are gaining popularity in Bangladesh as a tool for relaying flood risk information and adaptation strategies. However, to our knowledge, no attempts have been made determine the impact of CBOs on farmers’ adoption Therefore, this paper, we identify determinants that influence decisions participate how participation impacts A multistage sampling procedure was...

Abstract Climate adaptation is an essential strategy for responding to climate change at local levels and required sustainable food production meet the growing demand. In this light, study analyzed effects of strategies on technical efficiency maize farmers in Northern Ghana. This involved a total 619 that were selected through multistage sampling procedure. A Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier w...

Rice production is susceptible to damage from the changes in temperature and rainfall patterns, and in the frequency of major storm events that will accompany climate change. Deltaic areas, in which millions of farmers cultivate from one to three crops of rice per year, are susceptible also to the impacts of a rising sea level, submergence during major storm events, and saline intrusion into gr...

INTRODUCTION In Zambia, agriculture continues to be an important source of livelihood, supporting about 70% of the population. The country’s agriculture sector is dominated by small scale rural farmers, who largely depend on rain for crop production, mainly due to the absence of irrigation equipment in most rural communities. Thus any change in climate, mostly manifested as an increase in frequ...

Although most micro-level studies show the positive impact of adaptation on food security and household income, these are only a few outcomes is intended to achieve. Farmers’ livelihoods function in complex ways such that an understanding multidimensional outcome important. These necessitate use multiple indicators evaluation adaptation. Based data collected from 810 randomly selected household...

Most agricultural pests are poikilothermic species expected to respond to climate change. Currently, they are a tremendous burden because of the high losses they inflict on crops and livestock. Smallholder farmers in developing countries of Africa are likely to suffer more under these changes than farmers in the developed world because more severe climatic changes are projected in these areas. ...