Perceptions, Knowledge and Adaptation about Climate Change: A Study on Farmers of Haor Areas after a Flash Flood in Bangladesh
Perceptions, Knowledge and Adaptation about Climate Change: A Study on Farmers of Haor Areas after a Flash Flood in Bangladesh
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10.3390/cli7070085
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发表时间：
2019-07-01
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3.7
通讯作者：
Kamil, Anton Abdulbasah
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作者：
Ferdushi, Kanis Fatama;Ismail, Mohd Tahir;Kamil, Anton Abdulbasah
孟加拉国仍然是世界上最易受气候变化影响的国家之一。鉴于很大一部分人口的生计和国家粮食安全都依赖农业部门，农业部门适应气候变化对国家持续粮食安全和经济增长至关重要。利用锡耶特选定的haor地区的低地稻农的家庭数据，目前的工作提出了一个分析的决定因素背后的实施不同的气候变化适应战略的低地稻农。本研究的第一个目的是探讨气候变化的认识程度在这一人口以及类型的意见所持的低地水稻农民对气候变化。为了达到这一目的，严重性指数（SI）的开发和随后被用来评估的看法和态度的378农民对气候变化的脆弱性。受访者就他们在日常生活中面临的与气候变化有关的情况进行了采访。获得的SI指数值范围为69.18%至93.52%。对“气候变化影响水稻生产”的认知的SI为93.52%。使用从相同的378农民收集的数据，逻辑回归进行了调查的社会经济和体制因素对适应的影响。研究结果表明，非政府组织的信贷对适应性有显著的影响，农村市场结构对适应性也有显著的正向影响。在所研究的因素中，来自非政府组织（NGO）的信贷被认为是最重要的适应因素。这项工作的结果进一步表明，边缘化农民将受益于政府资助的季节性培训活动，这些活动涵盖了关于山洪暴发后适应的相关信息。此外，本文作者建议在早期山洪暴发期间及时向受灾农民发放政府援助的信贷，因为这一举措可以帮助农民适应不同的战略，以减轻损失，提高生产力和生计。
Bangladesh remains one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the effects of climate change. Given the reliance of a large segment of the population on the agricultural sector for both their livelihoods as well as national food security, climate change adaptation in the agricultural sector is crucial for continued national food security and economic growth. Using household data from lowland rice farmers of selected haor areas in Sylhet, the current work presents an analysis of the determinants behind the implementation of different climate change adaptation strategies by lowland rice farmers. The first objective of this study was to explore the extent of awareness of climate change within this population as well as the type of opinions held by lowland rice farmers with respect to climate change. To serve this purpose, a severity index (SI) was developed and subsequently employed to evaluate the perceptions and attitudes of 378 farmers with respect to climate change vulnerability. Respondents were interviewed with respect to climate change related circumstances they faced in their daily lives. Attained SI index values ranged from 69.18% to 93.52%. The SI for the perception "Climate change affects rice production" was measured as 93.52%. Using data collected from the same 378 farmers, a logistic regression was carried out to investigate the impact of socio-economic and institutional factors on adaptation. The results show that credit from non-government organizations is highly statistically significant for adaptation, and that rural market structure also has a positive effect on adaptation. Among the studied factors, credit from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) was found to be the most important factor for adaptation. The results of this work further indicate that marginal farmers would benefit from government (GoB) funded seasonal training activities that cover pertinent information regarding adaptation after flash floods. Additionally, the authors of this piece recommend timely issuance of government-assisted credit during early flash floods to afflicted farmers, as such an initiative can aid farmers in adapting different strategies to mitigate losses and enhance their productivity as well as livelihood.