scholarly journals Climate Change Perceptions and Attitudes to Smallholder Adaptation in Northwestern Nigerian Drylands

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nugun Jellason ◽  
Richard Baines ◽  
John Conway ◽  
Chukwuma Ogbaga
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Smallholder Farming ◽  
Change Perception ◽  
Change Perceptions ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
Arable Farming ◽  
Climate Change Perception ◽  
Farming Households ◽  
Extension Support

As climate change is projected to increase in vulnerable areas of the world, we examined farmers’ perceptions of this change and their attitudes to adaptation in two communities (Zango and Kofa) in northwestern Nigeria. A total of 220 arable farming households completed a livelihoods survey preplanting. The perceptions survey was followed by a survey of 154 households post-harvest for the attitudes questions based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB). In addition to the positive responses from the farmers towards climate change perceptions, TPB findings reveal that such perceptions could lead to intentions to adapt as determinants of attitude were significant. Subjective norm was a significant predictor of adaptation intention in Kofa, but not in Zango. Perceived behavioural control, though useful, was not a determinant of climate change adaptation intention. Most importantly, principal component analysis (PCA) of climate change perception variables allowed us to discriminate smallholder farming households and can be used as a tool for segmentation into climate change-perceiving and nonperceiving farming households. Efforts towards improving the determinants of behavioural intention for the poorly perceiving group could lead to better decisions to adapt to climate change and provide more targeted extension support in the future.

scholarly journals Willingness to Pay for Public Benefit Functions of Daecheong Dam Operation: Moderating Effects of Climate Change Perceptions

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 14060
Author(s):  
Heekyun Oh ◽  
Seongjun Yun ◽  
Heechan Lee
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Flood Control ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
High Involvement ◽  
Change Perception ◽  
Change Perceptions ◽  
Climate Change Perception ◽  
Dam Operation

This study estimates the economic value of the Daecheong Dam for the public function of responding to climate change. It examines the moderating effect of climate change perceptions on value estimates by applying choice experiments (CE). The study specifies three dam function attributes—drought management (DM), flood control (FC), and water quality monitoring (WM)—subdivided into three levels to improve the existing conditions. Survey data from 603 households living in Daejeon, Chungbuk, and Chungnam have been collected to perform the CE. Subsequently, two clusters—high-involvement and low-involvement groups—have been extracted, based on the climate change perception index. The main results of comparing the marginal willingness-to-pay between the two clusters are as follows. The attributes and price variable significantly affected the choice probability to benefit from improvements in the rational signs of the coefficients. This does not violate the independence of the irrelevant alternatives assumption. The improvement values of high-involvement and low-involvement groups are estimated as KRW 21,570 and KRW 14,572 a year per household, respectively. Both show the same value intensities in the order of WM, DM, and FC.

scholarly journals Climate Change Perception and Uptake of Climate-Smart Agriculture in Rice Production in Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Atmosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1503
Author(s):  
Robert Ugochukwu Onyeneke ◽  
Mark Umunna Amadi ◽  
Chukwudi Loveday Njoku ◽  
Emeka Emmanuel Osuji
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Climate Risks ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
Change Perception ◽  
Climate Change Perception ◽  
Smart Agriculture ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Climate Events

Rice production in Nigeria is vulnerable to climate risks and rice farmers over time have experienced the risks and their respective impacts on rice farming. Rice farmers have also responded to perceived climate risks with strategies believed to be climate-smart. Farmers’ perception of climate risks is an important first step of determining any action to be taken to counteract the negative effects of climate change on agriculture. Studies on the link between perceived climate risks and farmers’ response strategies are increasing. However, there are limited studies on the determinants of rice farmers’ perception of climate events. The paper therefore examined climate change perception and uptake of climate-smart agriculture in rice production in Ebonyi State, Nigeria using cross-sectional data from 347 rice farmers in an important rice-producing area in Nigeria. Principal component analysis, multivariate probit regression model and descriptive statistics were adopted for data analysis. Perceived climate events include increased rainfall intensity, prolonged dry seasons, frequent floods, rising temperature, severe windstorms, unpredictable rainfall pattern and distribution, late onset rain, and early cessation of rain. Farmers’ socioeconomic, farm and institutional characteristics influenced their perception of climate change. Additionally, rice farmers used a variety of climate-smart practices and technologies to respond to the perceived climate events. Such climate-smart practices include planting improved rice varieties, insurance, planting different crops, livelihood diversification, soil and water conservation techniques, adjusting planting and harvesting dates, irrigation, reliance on climate information and forecasts, planting on the nursery, appropriate application of fertilizer and efficient and effective use of pesticides. These climate-smart agricultural measures were further delineated into five broad packages using principal component analysis. These packages include crop and land management practices, climate-based services and irrigation, livelihood diversification and soil fertility management, efficient and effective use of pesticide and planting on the nursery. High fertilizer costs, lack of access to inputs, insufficient land, insufficient capital, pests and diseases, floods, scorching sun, high labour cost, insufficient climate information, and poor extension services were the barriers to uptake of climate-smart agriculture in rice production. Rice farmers should be supported to implement climate-smart agriculture in rice production in order to achieve the objectives of increased rice productivity and income, food security, climate resilience and mitigation.

scholarly journals Does Knowledge about Earthquake Vary with Respondent’s Socio-Demographic Dimensions? A Study in Sylhet City of Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Mufti Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Sample Size Estimation ◽  
Size Estimation ◽  
Change Perception ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Climate Change Perception ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The prime and foremost purpose of this study was to explore climate change perception among indigenous people living in Sylhet, Bangladesh. This study also tried to investigate the nexus between some socio-demographic dimensions of the respondents and their perception regarding climate change. The present study followed descriptive-explanative research design where survey method used to collect necessary data. In case of survey method, a self-developed semi structured questionnaire was provided to the respondents for collecting relevant data. Total number of population was 75 and 63 respondents has been interviewed following the sample size estimation of Nurul Islam (2011). Findings of this study revealed that, there is a statistically significant difference between some socio-demographic dimensions (like; Age, Family type, Education and Income) and climate change perception. Furthermore, no statistically significant relationship found between Gender, Religion, Savings and climate c...

Constraints to the capacity of smallholder farming households to adapt to climate change in South and Southeast Asia

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 383-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter R. Brown ◽  
Sharmin Afroz ◽  
Lytoua Chialue ◽  
T. Chiranjeevi ◽  
Sotheary El ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Smallholder Farming ◽  
South And Southeast Asia ◽  
Farming Households

Climate change perception: Driving forces and their interactions

2020 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 112-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Itxaso Ruiz ◽  
Sérgio H. Faria ◽  
Marc B. Neumann
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Change Perception ◽  
Climate Change Perception
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