Perception Driven From Farmers’ Socio-economic Characteristics Towards Tackling Climate Change

Climate change is part of us and we are unlikely to avoid its impact. Impacts of climate change are severely felt within the agricultural sector, the division that strives to ensure food and nutrition security and contribute towards sustainable development in many of the developing countries. The only way farmers can survive in the face of climate change is through adaptation, a phenomenon that needs collaborative efforts. One of the critical driving factors of climate change adaptation is farmers’ perception towards tackling it, the focus of this paper. The main objective of this paper was to assess farmers’ perception towards tackling climate change. The population of the study was emerging farmers drawn from five districts of the Limpopo province, South Africa. The study used a two-stage cluster sampling technique to select a sample size of 206 emerging farmers. The dependent variable of the study was farmers’ perception about tackling climate change while the explanatory variables consisted of their socio-economic characteristics such as age, gender, farming experience and level of education. Discriminant Analysis was used to draw comparison between groups of farmers who perceived that climate change can be tackled and those who believed it cannot be. The results showed that socio-economic characteristics such as formal education, agricultural education, age group, farming experience and off-farm occupation significantly contributed towards farmers’ perception regarding tackling of climate change. Therefore, the study recommended that stakeholders should facilitate linkage of farmers with varied sources of support.

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Institutional Factors Affecting Farmers’ Decision to Adapt to Climate Change

Journal of Agricultural Science ◽

10.5539/jas.v12n10p50 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (10) ◽

pp. 50

Author(s):

Mpho Tshikororo ◽

Phineas Khazamula Chauke ◽

Jethro Zuwarimwe

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Focal Point ◽

Binary Logistic Regression ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Limpopo Province ◽

Institutional Factors ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Adaptation To Climate Change ◽

Binary Logistic Regression Model ◽

Extension Services

Adaptation to climate change has become the global focal point especially in recent years. Researchers have defined adaptation to climate change as an effective way for farmers to survive in the face of the scourge. This paper investigated how institutional factors plays a role in farmers’ decision to adapt to climate change. The population of the study was emerging farmers drawn from five districts of the Limpopo province of South Africa. The study used a two-stage cluster sampling technique to select a sample size of 206 emerging farmers. The dependent variable of the study was farmers’ decision to adapt to climate change while the explanatory variables consisted of institutional factors such as access to extension services, farmers’ organisation, membership and access to climate change information. Binary Logistic Regression model was used to determine emerging farmers’ decision to adapt to climate change in Limpopo province. The results showed that institutional factors such as access to both weather information and extension services together with special training on climate change adaptation significantly influenced farmers’ decision to adapt. Therefore, the study recommended participation of different stakeholders to provide institutional support to farmers and thus enhance their extent to adaptation.

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SIKAP PETANI TERHADAP PROGRAM ASURANSI USAHATANI PADI (AUTP) DI KECAMATAN BULU KABUPATEN SUKOHARJO

AGRITEXTS: Journal of Agricultural Extension ◽

10.20961/agritexts.v42i1.43305 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 42 (1) ◽

pp. 17

Author(s):

Farry Primandita ◽

Suwarto Suwarto ◽

Sutarto Sutarto

Keyword(s):

Significant Relationship ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Formal Education ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Farmer Attitudes ◽

Spearman Correlation Test ◽

Livestock Assets

This research aims to analyze the factors that affect farmer attitudes on the rice farming insurance program (AUTP), analyze how is farmer attitudes in AUTP program, analyze the relationship between factors affecting farmer attitudes and farmer attitudes toward the AUTP program, and analyzed differences in farmer attitudes based on the area of insured land, employment outside the agricultural sector and ownership of livestock assets in the AUTP Program. The basic method of research used is quantitative research method with survey technique. The selection of research sites was done purposively. Sampling is taken by proportional random sampling technique and multistage cluster sampling method. To know the correlation between the factors that influence the formation of farmer attitude with his attitude toward AUTP program used Rank Spearman correlation test, while to know whether there is difference of attitude of farmer use U Mann-Whitney different test. The result of the research shows that farmers expressed their willingness to support the AUTP program. There is a significant relationship between the experience of farming (X1), the influence of others who are considered important (X2) and non formal education (X4) with farmers attitude toward the AUTP (Y) program. While there is no significant relationship between formal education (X3) and media exposure (X5) with farmers attitude toward AUTP (Y) program. There is no difference in the attitude of farmers when viewed from the size of the land that is insured, jobs outside the agricultural sector as well as ownership of livestock assets.

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The Effect of Talking Chips Model Containing Science Literacy on Students’ Learning Competencies In the Material of Climate Change and Its Impact on Ecosystems at Junior High School 20 Padang

Jurnal Atrium Pendidikan Biologi ◽

10.24036/apb.v5i2.6184 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Wa Ode Nurhawa ◽

Relsas Yogica ◽

Indra Hartanto ◽

Syamsurizal Syamsurizal

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

High School ◽

Junior High School ◽

Science Literacy ◽

Junior High ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Research Problem ◽

Control Group ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Learning Competencies

The research problem at Junior High School 20 Padang is that the learning model used has not varied, the low competency of students from the aspects of knowledge, attitudes, and skills as well as the implementation of learning models with science literacy. The efforts that can be done are applying the talking chips model with science literacy to the students at Junior High School 20 Padang on the material of climate change and its impact for the ecosystem. The purpose of this research is to find out The Effect of Talking Chips model containing science literacy on students’ learning competencies in the material of climate change and its impact on ecosystems at Junior High School 20 Padang. This research is quasi-experimental research with design randomized control-group posttest only design. The population used was all class VII students’ of Junior High School 20 Padang 2018/2019. Sampling was done using the cluster sampling technique, we selected VII.2 as experimental class and class VII.7 as control class. Based on the results of the students' competency knowledge research tcount 2.85 > ttable 1.67, the competency attitudes tcount 1.78 > ttable 1.67, and the skills competency tcount 1.78 > ttable 1.67. It showed the hypothesis is accepted. Application of the talking chips model containing science literacy can improve the competencies of class VII students of Junior High School 20 Padang.

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Challenges for Diadromous Fishes in a Dynamic Global Environment

Challenges for Diadromous Fishes in a Dynamic Global Environment ◽

10.47886/9781934874080.ch12 ◽

2009 ◽

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Climate Models ◽

Generalized Additive Models ◽

Habitat Characteristics ◽

Explanatory Variables ◽

Temperature And Precipitation ◽

Management Plans ◽

The Face ◽

Uncertain Future ◽

Diadromous Species

Abstract.-Climate change can have an effect on species distributions. The 1900 distribution and potential future distribution of diadromous fish in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East were explored using generalized additive models (GAMs) and selected habitat characteristics of 196 basins. Robust presence-absence models were built for 20 of the 28 diadromous species in the study area using longitude, annual temperature, drainage surface area, annual precipitation, and source elevation as explanatory variables. Inspection of the relationship between each variable and species presence-absence revealed that the GAMs were generally interpretable and plausible. Given the predicted rise in annual temperature in climate models ranging between 1°C and 7°C by 2100, the fish species were classified according to those losing suitable basins, those gaining suitable basins, and those showing little or no change. It was found that the climate envelopes based on temperature and precipitation for diadromous species would, in general, be shifted farther northeastwards by 2100, and these shifting ranges were comparable with those assessed in other studies. The uncertain future of some species was highlighted, and it was concluded that conservation policy and management plans will need to be revised in the face of climate change.

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Cohesivity Fisheries Community in the Face of Climate Change on the Coast of Western Java

Sodality Jurnal Sosiologi Pedesaan ◽

10.22500/sodality.v5i1.16275 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Galuh Adriana ◽

Nurmala K. Pandjaitan ◽

Arya Hadi Dharmawan

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Collective Action ◽

Collective Efficacy ◽

Sense Of Community ◽

Random Sampling ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Simple Random Sampling ◽

Economic Interests ◽

The Face ◽

Study Population

ABTRACT The conditions of fishermen is very dependent with nature. Climate change that happening makes nature more difficult to predict. That can make the living of fishermen more vulnerabel. Communities that have a strong cohesiveness will have a collective action to deal with climate change. The purpose of this study is to see the level of cohesiveness fisherman in the face of climate change. The method used is mix method using questionnaire, observation and in-depth interviews. The number of respondents was 100 people. The selection of respondents was done by simple random sampling technique, where the study population are members of “raskin” program from government. The results are fisheries community have a strong social capital, sense of community and community collective efficacy, which is produced strong cohesiveness. However, in reality what is perceived is not necessarily reflected in everyday life. Collective action found only in activities that support public facilities. However, collective action for the economic interests only occurs in certain interest groups. According the results can be argued that the level of fishing community cohesiveness is high, but only produce preparadness for climate change. Keywords: social cohesion, collective action, fisheries community ABSTRAK Kehidupan nelayan sangat bergantung dengan alam. Perubahan iklim yang terjadi membuat alam semakin sulit untuk diprediksi. Kondisi tersebut membuat kehidupan nelayan semakin vulnerabel. Komunitas yang memiliki kohesivitas yang kuat akan memiliki aksi kolektif untuk menghadapi perubahan iklim. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat derajat kohesivitas komuitas nelayan dalam mengahadapi perubahan iklim. Metode yang digunakan adalah mix method dengan menggunakan kuesioner, observasi dan wawancara mendalam. Jumlah responden adalah 100 orang. Pemilihan responden dilakukan dengan teknik simple random sampling, dimana populasi penelitian adalah anggota komunitas penerima program beras raskin dari pemerintah. Hasil penelitian adalah komunitas nelayan memiliki modal sosial, sense of community dan community collective efficacy yang kuat, yang akan menghasilkan kohesivitas yang kuat. Akan tetapi, apa yang dirasakan belum tentu tercerimin pada kehidupan sehari-hari. Aksi kolektif hanya terdapat pada kegiatan yang mendukung fasilitas umum. Akan tetapi aksi kolektif untuk kepentingan ekonomi hanya terjadi pada kelompok-kelompok kepentingan tertentu. Berdasarkan hasil dapat dikatakan bahwa tingkat kohesivitas komunitas nelayan tinggi, tetapi hanya menghasilkan kesiapan untuk menghadapi perubahan iklim. Kata kunci: kohesivitas, aksi kolektif, komunitas pesisir

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Intention Level of Farmers to Use Information Communication Technologies for Agricultural Risk Management in Malaysia

Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education ◽

10.5191/jiaee.2020.272108 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

pp. 108-117 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Muhammad Ali ◽

Norsida Man ◽

Farrah Muharam

Keyword(s):

Risk Management ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Climate Changes ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Service Providers ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Agricultural Risk ◽

Agricultural Risk Management

Climate changes are changing intentions of farmers to tackle climate variations in various ways. Information and Communication Technologies are proving to assist farmers to manage agricultural risk timely and with fewer efforts. Intention of farmers to use ICTs in the context of agricultural risk management is important to understand. Therefore, the present study was designed to examine intention of the farmers from the context of Malaysia. The field survey of three selected states was conducted in which 350 farmers were chosen through multi stage cluster sampling technique. The Likert scale items measuring 1 as strongly disagree to 5 as strongly agree were used in the research instrument to assess intention of the respondents. The findings revealed that the farmers showed positive intention to use ICTs for agricultural risk management from the future lens. The overall level of intention was also high. However, internet speed, small screen display and battery issues could halt intention of the farmers to harness potential of digital technologies as reported by the farmers. Thus, the study recommends that agricultural extension service providers are required to introduce various digital skill development programs for the farmers exclusively resource poor and less digital familiar farmers to reduce the risk in the agricultural sector stem from climate changes. Keywords: intention, farmers, ICTs, agricultural risk management, Malaysia

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The Effect of Talking Chips Model Containing Science Literacy on Students’ Learning Competencies In the Material of Climate Change and Its Impact on Ecosystems at Junior High School 20 Padang

Jurnal Atrium Pendidikan Biologi ◽

10.24036/apb.v4i4.7178 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 17

Author(s):

Wa Ode Nurhawa ◽

Relsas Yogica ◽

Indra Hartanto ◽

Syamsurizal Syamsurizal

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

High School ◽

Junior High School ◽

Science Literacy ◽

Junior High ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Research Problem ◽

Control Group ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Learning Competencies

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Breeding Potentials of Bambara Groundnut for Food and Nutrition Security in the Face of Climate Change

Frontiers in Plant Science ◽

10.3389/fpls.2021.798993 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Oluwaseyi Samuel Olanrewaju ◽

Olaniyi Oyatomi ◽

Olubukola Oluranti Babalola ◽

Michael Abberton

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Food Production ◽

Stable Solution ◽

Bambara Groundnut ◽

Underutilized Crops ◽

Nutrition Security ◽

Marginal Soils ◽

The Face ◽

Tropical Climates ◽

Next Generation Sequencing Ngs

Constant production of quality food should be a norm in any community, but climate change, increasing population, and unavailability of land for farming affect food production. As a result, food scarcity is affecting some communities, especially in the developing world. Finding a stable solution to this problem is a major cause of concern for researchers. Synergistic application of molecular marker techniques with next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies can unlock the potentials hidden in most crop genomes for improving yield and food availability. Most crops such as Bambara groundnut (BGN), Winged bean, and African yam bean are underutilized. These underutilized crops can compete with the major crops such as cowpea, soybean, maize, and rice, in areas of nutrition, ability to withstand drought stress, economic importance, and food production. One of these underutilized crops, BGN [Vigna subterranea (L.), Verdc.], is an indigenous African legume and can survive in tropical climates and marginal soils. In this review, we focus on the roles of BGN and the opportunities it possesses in tackling food insecurity and its benefits to local farmers. We will discuss BGN’s potential impact on global food production and how the advances in NGS technologies can enhance its production.

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Gerakan Percepatan Penganekaragaman Konsumsi Pangan (P2KP) Untuk Antisipasi Dampak Perubahan Iklim Pada Sektor Pertanian

Jurnal Gema Ngabdi ◽

10.29303/jgn.v2i1.69 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 46-53

Author(s):

Lolita Endang Susilowati ◽

Uyek Malik Yakop ◽

Bambang Hari Kusumo

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Community Service ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Agricultural System ◽

Agriculture Sector ◽

Service Activities ◽

The Face ◽

Target Community ◽

Food Needs ◽

National Food Security

Climate change causes changes in rainfall patterns that is high intensity rain in a short duration. This situation could threaten the agricultural sector which impacts on national food security and food fulfillment for each household. Therefore, it is necessary to introduce an effective strategy to meet household food needs through the P2KP movement in dealing with the threat of climate change. This community service aims to: (1) providing an understanding of climate change and its impact on the food agriculture sector to the community; (2) socializing the "P2KP movement" accompanied by a demonstration plot of the use of house yards for cultivation of vegetables in pots. These community service activities implement a participatory pattern, in which the target community was involved in every decision making both in preparing, implementing, and evaluating the program activities. The results of the community service activities shows that the target community's knowledge of climate change and its impact on the agricultural sector has been successfully improved. The P2KP movement has been socialized and received a positive response from the target community, then they a;ready known to optimizing the use of home yards for cultivation of plants in pots becomes an alternative agricultural system that is resilient in the face of climate change.

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Peasant Seeds in France: Fostering A More Resilient Agriculture

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11113014 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (11) ◽

pp. 3014 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Camille Gevers ◽

Helena F.M.W. van Rijswick ◽

Julia Swart

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Intellectual Property ◽

Technical Progress ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Plant Genetic Resources ◽

Farming Practices ◽

Voluntary Contribution ◽

The Face ◽

On Farm ◽

Property Regime

The profitability of the French agricultural sector has fallen over the last two decades, leading to the suggestion of a “rupture in technical progress”. Additionally, the intellectual property regime in force has contributed to the erosion of the cultivated biodiversity, limiting plant resiliency to climate change and other hazards. In the face of these challenges, agroecological farming practices are a viable alternative. This paper investigates the positive and negative aspects associated with the development of alternative seed procurement networks in France. The findings indicate that peasant seed networks can effectively contribute to overcoming many of the structural blockages with which French agriculture is confronted, but that yield concerns; higher information and supervisory costs, as well as the unfavourable legislative context, constitute key challenges to their development. However, these could be partially or totally eliminated if adequate policies are implemented. In this regard, the recommendations are to: (i) strengthen the dialogue with farmers in the shaping of policies related to the use of plant genetic resources; (ii) abrogate the “obligatory voluntary contribution” on farm-saved seeds; (iii) diversify the collection of Centres for Biological Resources, increase their number, and democratize their access; (iv) harmonize the French and European regime on intellectual property; and (v) encourage participatory research.

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