Local Climate Change Perceptions and Adaptation Strategies in East Gojjam Zone, Northwestern Ethiopia: Anthropological Approach

AbstractThe impact of climate change, especially on agricultural sector, calls for a global and more localized strategies such as cultivation of underutilized indigenous vegetables (UIVs) which adapt better to local climate change. This chapter, therefore, examines the perception of UIVs farmers to climate change, their experiences of UIVs’ responses to climate change, adaptation strategies employed, and the determinants of the decision to adopt them in Southwest Nigeria. The study uses quantitative and qualitative primary household data from 191 UIVs farmers, 8 Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), and secondary climate data from the Nigerian Meteorological Agency. Descriptive and econometric analyses are employed in the data analyses. The results show that farmers’ perceptions of climate change are high temperature and a high variability in rainfall pattern that has affected the yield, increased insects, pests, and diseases infestations, and reduced soil fertility. The results further show that the responses of UIVs to these resultant effects differ as such, and adaptation strategies farmers adopt are UIVs-specific. The adaptation strategies mostly employed by the UIVs farmers are cultivating UIVs along the river bank and the least is agroforestry and perennial plantation. The determinants of the decision to adopt adaptation strategies include UIVs revenue, age, years of experience, access to climate information, climate change awareness, agro ecological zone, and access to credit. Thus, promotion of UIVs business is advocated and provision of information on climate change essential and will encourage farmers to adopt appropriate climate change adaptation strategies to boost UIVs business.

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Perception and Adaptation Strategies of Pond Farmers toward Local Climate Changes in Muara Badak Sub-district of Kutai Kartanegara District

AGRIFOR ◽

10.31293/af.v17i1.3360 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 161

Author(s):

Rusmaniansyah Rusmaniansyah ◽

Bambang Indratno Gunawan, Komsanah Sukarti

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Multiple Regression ◽

Adaptation Strategy ◽

Terms Of Trade ◽

Adaptation Strategies ◽

Local Climate ◽

Shrimp Production ◽

Local Climate Change ◽

The Impact ◽

Rainy Days

The objectives of this study are: (1) to know pond farmers community perceptions over local climate change in Muara Badak Sub-district; (2) To identify adaptation strategies developed by pond farmers to cope with local climate change in Muara Badak Sub-district; (3) To analyze local climate change impact to farmers’ welfare in Muara Badak Sub-district and (4) To analyze the impact of pond area, temperature, rainfalls and rainy days variables to shrimp production in Muara Badak Sub-district. Study location was in Muara Badak Sub-district, Kutai Kartanegara District. Field data collection was done for 3 (three) months from June to September 2016. Purposive sampling method was applied to interview 40 pond farmer respondents and key informants consisting of Field Officer 2 people, Pond Farmer Group 2 people, District Office of Fisheries Affairs 1 people and Office of Samarinda District Navigation 2 people. Data analysis were the approach of perception analysis, descriptive statistics, Farmers’ Terms of Trade analysis and multiple regression model analysis. Results showed that farmers’ community in Muara Badak Sub-district perceived the local climate change has been impacting to shrimp pond production. Main adaptation strategy that is developed by farmers to face local climate change including changes of temperature, rainfalls and sea mean level in Muara Badak Sub-district is the water management in the sluite gates to frequently change water circulation and replacememnt. Local climate change does not impact to farmers’ welfare in the studied location based on the Terms of Trade value between 2015 (0.98) and 2016 (1.14). On the basis of multiple regression analysis, we knew that 80.7% of the shrimp production variation was affected by pond area, temperature, rainfalls and rainy days. Pond area variable very significantly affected to production while the remaining variables did not significantly affect it.

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Using Traditional Ecological Knowledge to Adapt to Climate Change in Interior Sarawak

Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal ◽

10.21834/e-bpj.v4i11.1716 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (11) ◽

pp. 185

Author(s):

Nadzirah Hosen ◽

Hitoshi Nakamura ◽

Amran Hamzah

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Indigenous People ◽

Traditional Ecological Knowledge ◽

Publishing House ◽

Climate Change Impacts ◽

Weather Conditions ◽

Adaptation Strategies ◽

Ecological Knowledge ◽

Local Climate ◽

Local Climate Change

Indigenous people often rely on natural resources for their livelihoods. This reliance increases their vulnerability towards the impacts of climate change, and coping with increased climate variability is a significant challenge for such communities. This research, conducted among the Sa’ban tribe of Long Banga in interior Sarawak, Malaysia, explored observations of local climate change, climate change impacts and tribal adaptation strategies. The results show that drought, wildfires and uncertain weather conditions are the Sa’ban’s primary concerns. However, the tribe have demonstrated their adaptation strategies through the use of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).Keywords: indigenous people, traditional ecological knowledge, adaptive capacity, climate change adaptationeISSN: 2398-4287 © 2019. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v4i11.1716

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Identification of Local Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Water Management in Districts Attock and Chakwal, Pakistan

Science Technology and Development ◽

10.3923/std.2015.255.259 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 34 (4) ◽

pp. 255-259 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nusrat Habib ◽

Muhammad Zubair Anwer ◽

Sobia Naheed ◽

Tariq Hassan

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Water Management ◽

Climate Change Adaptation ◽

Adaptation Strategies ◽

Local Climate ◽

Local Climate Change ◽

Climate Change Adaptation Strategies

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LOCAL CLIMATE CHANGE TRENDS AND THEIR IMPACT ON GRAPE PRODUCTIVITY AND PHENOLOGY

Scientific Works of North Caucasian Federal Scientific Center of Horticulture Viticulture Wine-making ◽

10.30679/2587-9847-2019-23-117-125 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 23 ◽

pp. 117-125 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

G.Yu. Aleinikova ◽

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V.S. Petrov ◽

V.V. Sokolova ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Local Climate ◽

Local Climate Change

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Heatwaves and Summer Urban Heat Islands: A Daily Cycle Approach to Unveil the Urban Thermal Signal Changes in Lisbon, Portugal

Atmosphere ◽

10.3390/atmos12030292 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 292 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ana Oliveira ◽

António Lopes ◽

Ezequiel Correia ◽

Samuel Niza ◽

Amílcar Soares

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Air Temperature ◽

Wind Direction ◽

Urban Heat Islands ◽

Daily Cycle ◽

Local Climate ◽

Thermal Signal ◽

Air Temperatures ◽

Local Climate Change ◽

Urban Heat

Lisbon is a European Mediterranean city, greatly exposed to heatwaves (HW), according to recent trends and climate change prospects. Considering the Atlantic influence, air temperature observations from Lisbon’s mesoscale network are used to investigate the interactions between background weather and the urban thermal signal (UTS) in summer. Days are classified according to the prevailing regional wind direction, and hourly UTS is compared between HW and non-HW conditions. Northern-wind days predominate, revealing greater maximum air temperatures (up to 40 °C) and greater thermal amplitudes (approximately 10 °C), and account for 37 out of 49 HW days; southern-wind days have milder temperatures, and no HWs occur. Results show that the wind direction groups are significantly different. While southern-wind days have minor UTS variations, northern-wind days have a consistent UTS daily cycle: a diurnal urban cooling island (UCI) (often lower than –1.0 °C), a late afternoon peak urban heat island (UHI) (occasionally surpassing 4.0 °C), and a stable nocturnal UHI (1.5 °C median intensity). UHI/UCI intensities are not significantly different between HW and non-HW conditions, although the synoptic influence is noted. Results indicate that, in Lisbon, the UHI intensity does not increase during HW events, although it is significantly affected by wind. As such, local climate change adaptation strategies must be based on scenarios that account for the synergies between potential changes in regional air temperature and wind.

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