Quantifying the determinants of climate change adaptation strategies and farmers' access to credit in South Africa.

Autor: Ojo TO; Department of Agricultural Economics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; Disaster Management Training and Education Centre for Africa, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. Electronic address: ojotemitope70@yahoo.com., Adetoro AA; Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Resource Management, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville 3209, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa., Ogundeji AA; Department of Agricultural Economics, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. Electronic address: ogundejiaa@ufs.ac.za., Belle JA; Disaster Management Training and Education Centre for Africa, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Science of the total environment [Sci Total Environ] 2021 Oct 20; Vol. 792, pp. 148499. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jun 18.
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148499
Abstrakt: The damaging effects of climate change on agricultural productivity are on the increase. Relevant adaptation strategies are important to cope with climate change risks and sustain agricultural productivity. This study employed descriptive statistics, multivariate probit (MVP) model and endogenous switching regression model (ESRM), to analyze the data collected using a survey questionnaire from four provinces in South Africa. The study estimated the determining factors influencing the adoption of climate change adaptation strategies and credit access among smallholder farmers in the study areas. The empirical results of the multivariate probit model showed that location, access to extension, non-farm income, farming experience, crop and livestock production, susceptibility, agricultural training and access to credit variables influenced the smallholder decision to adopt climate change adaptation strategies. On the other hand, the ESRM showed that location, age, marital status, gender among others, influenced the decision to adopt climate change adaptation strategies. The variables such as location, education, drought experience affected the smallholder farmers' access to credit. Thus, to improve the adaptive capacity of farmers, stakeholders and government must cooperate and collaborate to improve the conditions under which farmers can gain access to climate change information and suitable agricultural credit as well as policy incentives to ensure overall sustainability of the agricultural sector.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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