Agricultural adaptation to climate change: insights from a farming community in Sri Lanka
Agricultural adaptation to climate change: insights from a farming community in Sri Lanka
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DOI：
10.1007/s11027-012-9374-6
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发表时间：
2013-06-01
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4
通讯作者：
Garforth, Chris
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作者：
Esham, Mohamed;Garforth, Chris
小农对气候变化和多变性的脆弱性日益增加。由于农业是大多数人的唯一收入来源，农业对气候变化的适应对于他们的生计和确保粮食安全至关重要。为了制定适当的战略和体制对策，有必要清楚地了解农民对气候变化的看法、农场一级的实际适应情况以及推动和限制他们作出适应决定的因素。因此，本研究调查的农场一级适应气候变化的情况下，在斯里兰卡的农业社区的基础上。研究结果表明，农民的感知基于他们的经验正在进行的气候变化。大多数国家采取了应对气候变化和多变性的措施。这些适应措施可以分为五类，如作物管理、土地管理、灌溉管理、收入多样化和仪式。结果表明，管理非气候因素是加强农民适应的一项重要战略，特别是在资源有限的小农农业背景下。回归分析结果表明，人类认知是气候变化适应的重要决定因素。社交网络也被发现对适应有显著影响。研究还表明，社会障碍，如认知和规范因素，与其他经济障碍对适应同样重要。在制定和执行适应战略时，这项研究强调了了解当地社区的社会经济、认知和规范方面的重要性。
The vulnerability of smallholder farmers to climate change and variability is increasingly rising. As agriculture is the only source of income for most of them, agricultural adaptation with respect to climate change is vital for their sustenance and to ensure food security. In order to develop appropriate strategies and institutional responses, it is necessary to have a clear understanding of the farmers' perception of climate change, actual adaptations at farm-level and what factors drive and constrain their decision to adapt. Thus, this study investigates the farm-level adaptation to climate change based on the case of a farming community in Sri Lanka. The findings revealed that farmers' perceived the ongoing climate change based on their experiences. Majority of them adopted measures to address climate change and variability. These adaptation measures can be categorised into five groups, such as crop management, land management, irrigation management, income diversification, and rituals. The results showed that management of non-climatic factors was an important strategy to enhance farmers' adaptation, particularly in a resource-constrained smallholder farming context. The results of regression analysis indicated that human cognition was an important determinant of climate change adaptation. Social networks were also found to significantly influence adaptation. The study also revealed that social barriers, such as cognitive and normative factors, are equally important as other economic barriers to adaptation. While formulating and implementing the adaptation strategies, this study underscored the importance of understanding socio-economic, cognitive and normative aspects of the local communities.