scholarly journals Climate Change Concerns of Saudi Arabian Farmers: The Drivers and Their Role in Perceived Capacity Building Needs for Adaptation

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 12677
Author(s):  
Bader Alhafi Alotaibi ◽  
Azhar Abbas ◽  
Raza Ullah ◽  
Roshan K. Nayak ◽  
Muhammad I. Azeem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Socioeconomic Indicators ◽  
Insect Infestation ◽  
Credit Access ◽  
Rural Economies ◽  
Global Agriculture ◽  
Level Of Concern ◽  
Tackle Climate Change

Climate change is a serious threat to the sustainability of global agriculture and food supply that necessitates taking appropriate action for building resilient food production systems and preserving rural economies. In this regard, farmers’ beliefs and concerns about the effects of climate change on agriculture may influence their adoption of adaptation and mitigation practices to address this emerging issue. This work was undertaken to evaluate farmers’ level of concern about climate change in the Jazan province of Saudi Arabia. The study also explored the role of various socioeconomic indicators in shaping farmers’ concerns and highlights various capacity-building initiatives that can be applied at the community level for effective adaptation. Ordered logistic regression was used to study the relationship between farmers’ level of concern and their need for capacity-building initiatives to tackle climate change. Results indicated that insect infestation is the farmers’ top concern, followed by higher crop-diseases incidence and drought. Regression analysis revealed that farmers’ income is a major factor that reduces their concern for insect infestation and crop disease while increases concern for drought. Credit access and information availability have a mixed impact on the farmers’ concern level. Capacity-building initiatives deemed necessary included establishing frequent contacts with extension personnel, timely warnings on droughts and other natural hazards, the training of farmers and extension workers, easy credit facilities, improvement in rural infrastructure and creation of awareness to address specific concern stimulus.

scholarly journals Concerned or not? Investigating determinants of climate change concerns among Saudi Arabian farmers and their adaptation behavior

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bader Alhafi Alotaibi ◽  
Azhar Abbas ◽  
Raza Ullah ◽  
Hazem S. Kassem ◽  
Muhammad Imran Azeem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Logit Model ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Ordered Logit ◽  
Socioeconomic Indicators ◽  
Access To Credit ◽  
Ordered Logit Model ◽  
Level Of Concern ◽  
Change Concerns

Abstract Concern for a particular stimulus constitutes a major driver to mitigate its negative effects. This study was undertaken to know the level of concern for climate change among Saudi farmers in Jazan province and to evaluate the role of various socioeconomic indicators in relation to their concern level. Moreover, an account of farmers’ beliefs about climate change and capacity building initiatives needed to address this issue at the community level is also presented. Field level data collected through a face-to-face survey using a structured questionnaire were utilized to draw insights. The ordered logit model was used to find out the determinants for the level of concern for climate change among respondent farmers regarding three top concern categories. Farmers ranked insect infestation, higher incidence of crop diseases, and drought as the first, second and third, respectively, as top climate change concerns in the study area. Results of the ordered logit model showed that higher farmer income significantly reduces their level of concern for the first two categories of concern while it has a positive influence on concern for drought. Access to credit and information has a mixed impact on the farmers’ concern level. Farmer’s age, education, perceived source of climate change, and perceived changes in temperature and rainfall have a mixed impact on the top three climate change-related concerns. The findings support the provision of timely warning, capacity building of the farmers and personnel, credit provision, improvement of rural infrastructure, and creating awareness among farmers to address particular climate change-related concerns.

scholarly journals Climate Indicators for Agriculture

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Walsh ◽  
Peter Backlund ◽  
Lawrence Buja ◽  
Arthur DeGaetano ◽  
Rachel Melnick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food System ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Biological Indicators ◽  
The United States ◽  
Socioeconomic Indicators ◽  
Climate Indicators ◽  
Agriculture And Food ◽  
Crop And Livestock Production

The Climate Indicators for Agriculture report presents 20 indicators of climate change, carefully selected across multiple agricultural production types and food system elements in the United States. Together, they represent an overall view of how climate change is influencing U.S. agriculture and food systems. Individually, they provide useful information to support management decisions for a variety of crop and livestock production systems. The report includes multiple categories of indicators, including physical indicators (e.g., temperature, precipitation), crop and livestock (e.g., animal heat stress), biological indicators (e.g., pests), phenological indicators (e.g. seasonality), and socioeconomic indicators (e.g., total factor productivity).

scholarly journals Projections of Local Knowledge-Based Adaptation Strategies of Mexican Coffee Farmers

Climate ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Patricia Ruiz-García ◽  
Cecilia Conde-Álvarez ◽  
Jesús David Gómez-Díaz ◽  
Alejandro Ismael Monterroso-Rivas
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Extreme Events ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Agroforestry Systems ◽  
Southern Mexico ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Coffee Farmers ◽  
Extreme Hydrological Events ◽  
Adaptation Policies

Local knowledge can be a strategy for coping with extreme events and adapting to climate change. In Mexico, extreme events and climate change projections suggest the urgency of promoting local adaptation policies and strategies. This paper provides an assessment of adaptation actions based on the local knowledge of coffee farmers in southern Mexico. The strategies include collective and individual adaptation actions that farmers have established. To determine their viability and impacts, carbon stocks and fluxes in the system’s aboveground biomass were projected, along with water balance variables. Stored carbon contents are projected to increase by more than 90%, while maintaining agroforestry systems will also help serve to protect against extreme hydrological events. Finally, the integration of local knowledge into national climate change adaptation plans is discussed and suggested with a local focus. We conclude that local knowledge can be successful in conserving agroecological coffee production systems.

scholarly journals Flood Risk and Adaptation Strategies for Soybean Production Systems on the Flood-Prone Pampas under Climate Change

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1187
Author(s):  
Wouter Julius Smolenaars ◽  
Spyridon Paparrizos ◽  
Saskia Werners ◽  
Fulco Ludwig
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Flood Events ◽  
Climate Data ◽  
Soybean Production ◽  
Drying Trend ◽  
Sowing Season

In recent decades, multiple flood events have had a devastating impact on soybean production in Argentina. Recent advances suggest that the frequency and intensity of destructive flood events on the Argentinian Pampas will increase under pressure from climate change. This paper provides bottom-up insight into the flood risk for soybean production systems under climate change and the suitability of adaptation strategies in two of the most flood-prone areas of the Pampas region. The flood risk perceptions of soybean producers were explored through interviews, translated into climatic indicators and then studied using a multi-model climate data analysis. Soybean producers perceived the present flood risk for rural accessibility to be of the highest concern, especially during the harvest and sowing seasons when heavy machinery needs to reach soybean lots. An analysis of climatic change projections found a rising trend in annual and harvest precipitation and a slight drying trend during the sowing season. This indicates that the flood risk for harvest accessibility may increase under climate change. Several adaptation strategies were identified that can systemically address flood risks, but these require collaborative action and cannot be undertaken by individual producers. The results suggest that if cooperative adaptation efforts are not made in the short term, the continued increase in flood risk may force soybean producers in the case study locations to shift away from soybean towards more robust land uses.

scholarly journals The Evolution of Communicating the Uncertainty of Climate Change to Policymakers: A Study of IPCC Synthesis Reports

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 2466
Author(s):  
Tomas Molina ◽  
Ernest Abadal
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Intergovernmental Panel ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
The Public ◽  
Level Of Confidence ◽  
Ipcc Report ◽  
Degree Of Certainty ◽  
History Of ◽  
Tackle Climate Change

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports on climate change have served to alert both the public and policymakers about the scope of the predicted changes and the effects they would have on natural and economic systems. The first IPCC report was published in 1990, since which time a further four have been produced. The aim of this study was to conduct a content analysis of the IPCC Summaries for Policymakers in order to determine the degree of certainty associated with the statements they contain. For each of the reports we analyzed all statements containing expressions indicating the corresponding level of confidence. The aggregated results show a shift over time towards higher certainty levels, implying a “Call to action” (from 32.8% of statements in IPCC2 to 70.2% in IPCC5). With regard to the international agreements drawn up to tackle climate change, the growing level of confidence expressed in the IPCC Summaries for Policymakers reports might have been a relevant factor in the history of decision making.

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