scholarly journals Individual adaptive capacity of small-scale fishermen living in vulnerable areas towards the climate change in Malaysia

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 313-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hayrol Azril Mohamed Shaffril ◽  
Azimi Hamzah ◽  
Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva ◽  
Bahaman Abu Samah ◽  
Asnarulkhadi Abu Samah
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Adaptive Capacity ◽  
Small Scale

scholarly journals Farmers’ Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change in Africa: Small-Scale Farmers in Cameroon

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Nyong Princely Awazi ◽  
Martin Ngankam Tchamba ◽  
Lucie Felicite Temgoua ◽  
Marie-Louise Tientcheu-Avana
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Adaptive Capacity ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Small Scale Farmers

scholarly journals Small-Scale Farmers Associations’ adaptive capacity to climate change in Swaziland sugarcane industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bon’sile F.N. Mhlanga-Ndlovu ◽  
Godwell Nhamo
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Adaptive Capacity ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Sugar Industry ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Sustainable Livelihoods Framework ◽  
Small Scale Farmers

This study investigated the existing adaptive capacity for climate change impacts by Small-Scale Famers Associations (SSFAs) in Swaziland’s sugar industry. The analysis of adaptive capacity considered how the livelihood assets (natural, physical, financial, human and social) as discussed in the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF) help promote SSFAs’ adaptive capacity to climate change. The study took place in the Lowveld. Data were generated through a questionnaire from 45 SSFAs supervisors representing more than 2700 farmers. In addition, face-to-face interviews were undertaken with key informants, namely, Swaziland Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise, Swaziland Sugar Association, Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, and the United Nations Development Programme. The results indicate that the farmers have less adaptive capacity, and this affects the implementation of adaptation measures. The priority action towards increased adaptation includes interventions on credit, utility costs and taxes, land resources ownership and management, as well as information dissemination, especially early warning.

scholarly journals Rainfall variability and socio-economic constraints on livestock production in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia M. Leweri ◽  
Maurus J. Msuha ◽  
Anna C. Treydte
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Adaptive Capacity ◽  
Rainfall Variability ◽  
Herd Size ◽  
Livestock Production ◽  
Annual Rainfall ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Goat Population

AbstractRainfall variability is of great importance in East Africa, where small-scale farmers and pastoralists dominate. Their livestock production activities are heavily dependent on rainfall. We assessed pastoralist perceptions on climate change, particularly rainfall variability, its impact on livestock production, and the adaptive capacity of pastoralists in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), Tanzania. We combined 241 household interviews and information from 52 participants of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) with archived data from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA). We found that most (71%) pastoralists were aware of general climate change impacts, rainfall variability, and impacts of extreme events on their livestock. Most (> 75%) respondents perceived erratic and reduced amounts of rainfall, prolonged and frequent periods of drought as the main climate change challenges. Mean annual rainfall accounted for only 46% (R2), (p = 0.076) and 32% (R2), (p = 0.22) of cattle, and sheep and goat population variability, respectively. Unexpectedly, cattle losses intensified by 10% when herd size increased (p < 0.001) and by 98% (p = 0.049) when mobility increased, implying that increasing herd sizes and mobility do not cushion households against climate change shocks. Our study highlights the need to enhance adaptive capacity of the pastoralist communities through interventions that proactively reduce vulnerability. We recommend that future research should address the profitability of pastoral cattle production under changing environmental conditions.

Local Policy for a Protected Environmental Area Management: The Case of Limiting Motorized Vehicles in Park of Canigou in Pyrenées Orientales

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Individual Action ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Motorized Vehicles ◽  
Local Levels

“We regard the recent science –based consensual reports that climate change is, to a large extend, caused by human activities that emit green houses as tenable, Such activities range from air traffic, with a global reach over industrial belts and urban conglomerations to local small, scale energy use for heating homes and mowing lawns. This means that effective climate strategies inevitably also require action all the way from global to local levels. Since the majority of those activities originate at the local level and involve individual action, however, climate strategies must literally begin at home to hit home.”

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