Between Intention and Action: Psychosocial Factors Influencing Action on Climate Change in Organisations

Author(s):  
Nadine Andrews ◽  
Stuart Walker ◽  
Kathryn Fahy
2010 ◽  
Vol 110 (6) ◽  
pp. 932-936 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shreela V. Sharma ◽  
Deanna M. Hoelscher ◽  
Steven H. Kelder ◽  
Pamela Diamond ◽  
R. Sue Day ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Dalrymple ◽  
Joanne Booth ◽  
Paul Flowers ◽  
Karen Lorimer

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phindile Shongwe ◽  
Micah B. Masuku ◽  
Absalom M. Manyatsi

The increased involvement of food relief agencies nearly on an annual basis is a clear indication that agricultural production continues to decline as a result of climate change. In order to mitigate the negative effect of climate change, households engage on adaptation strategies. The extent to which these impacts are felt depends mostly on the level of adaptation in response to climate change. The main objectives of the study were to identify the adaptation strategies employed by households and to analyse factors influencing the choice of adaptation strategies by households using personal interviews. The study used data from a random sample of 350 households. Descriptive statistics and multinomial logistic regression model were used to analyse the data. The results showed that adaptation strategies employed were; drought tolerant varieties, switching crops, irrigation, crop rotation, mulching, minimum tillage, early planting, late planting and intercropping. The results showed that the choice of adaptation strategies by households was significantly (p <0.05) influenced by; age of household head, occupation of household head, being a member of a social group, land category, access to credit, access to extension services and training, high incidences of crop pest and disease, high input prices, high food prices, perceptions of households towards climate change. Moreover, the analysis showed that perceptions of households towards climate change significantly influence all adaptation strategies. However, sex and education level of the household head were insignificant in influencing household choice when adapting to climate change. It is recommended that there is need to educate households about the negative impact of climate change on cropping systems. The study also recommends that agriculture extension services should be strengthened, agriculture financial institutions should accommodate subsistence farmers on communal land and rural micro-finance institutions should be developed, in order to facilitate farmers to choose effective adaptation strategies. 


1993 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Glanz ◽  
A.R. Kristal ◽  
G. Sorensen ◽  
R. Palombo ◽  
J. Heimendinger ◽  
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AGROFOR ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adanna HENRI-UKOHA

The study on choice of climate change adaptation strategies practiced by cassavabased farmers was conducted in Southern Nigeria. The following specific objectives were achieved: to ascertain the perceived effects of climate change in the study area and to determine factors influencing the choice of using climate change adaptation strategies by cassava-based farmers in the study area. Data were obtained through the administration of questionnaire to 300 randomly sampled cassava-based farmers in the study area. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as mean, frequencies, percentages and inferential statistics such as Multinomial Logit Regression technique. The result revealed that farmers perceived increase in flood incidence (91.33%), drought (90.67%), high incidence of pests and diseases (55%) and low yield (50%) as the effects of climate change in the study area. Also, from the results, 58% of the farmers chose not to employ the use of climate change adaptation strategies while only 42% decided to choose using climate change adaptation options in the study area. The result also showed that age of the farmer, farming experience, gender, marital status, level of education, household size, access to credit, access to agricultural extension services and membership of association were the factors influencing the choice climate change adaptation strategies used by the farmers. The study concluded that socioeconomic attributes of the farmers affected their choice of climate change adaptation strategies. Policy should be targeted at designing climate change adaptation technology to farmers as well as providing the enabling environment that would encourage them to employ it.


Author(s):  
Norrina Din ◽  
Kamal Izzuwan Ramli ◽  
Basri Rashid

Objective- This paper discover about factors influencing food allergy knowledge and understanding. It also includes experience, training and information of food allergy as well as points out to the inadequate attentions is given to the allergy diseases that focus on food allergy risk outlets such as nurseries, schools and university food service establishments Methodology/Technique - This paper review of the existing literature about allergy disease and climate change. Findings - This paper contributes to the understanding about the importance of food allergy awareness among public. Novelty - This paper discover about allergy disease and climate change to enhance public knowledge and awareness. Type of Paper- Empirical paper Keywords: , Allergy diseases; climate change; Allergy sufferer; allergen


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