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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Smallholder farmer cropping decisions related to climate variability across multiple regions
Global Environmental Change, Volume 25, No. 1, Year 2014
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A long history of household-level research has provided important local-level insights into climate adaptation strategies in the agricultural sector. It remains unclear to what extent these strategies are generalizable or vary across regions. In this study we ask about three potential key factors influencing farming households' ability to adapt: access to weather information, household and agricultural production-related assets, and participation in local social institutions. We use a 12-country data set from sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to explore the links between these three potential drivers of agricultural change and the likelihood that farmers made farm-associated changes, such as adopting improved crop varieties, increasing fertilizer use, investing in improved land management practices, and changing the timing of agricultural activities. We find evidence that access to weather information, assets, and participation in social institutions are associated with households that have reported making farming changes in recent years, although these results vary across countries and types of practices. Understanding these drivers and outcomes of farm-associated changes across different socio-economic and environmental conditions is critical for ongoing dialogues for climate-resilient strategies and policies for increasing the adaptive capacity of smallholders under climate change. © 2014 The Authors.
Authors & Co-Authors
Wood, Stephen A.
United States, New York
Columbia University
Jina, Amir S.
United States, New York
Columbia University
Jain, Meha
United States, New York
Columbia University
Kristjanson, Patricia K.
Kenya, Nairobi
World Agroforestry Centre
DeFries, Ruth S.
United States, New York
Columbia University
Statistics
Citations: 250
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.12.011
Research Areas
Environmental
Health System And Policy
Study Locations
Multi-countries