Farmers’ Beliefs and Concerns about Climate Change: An Assessment from Southern Saudi Arabia
| Autor: | Hazem S. Kassem, Muhammad Muddassir, Roshan K. Nayak, Bader Alhafi Alotaibi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
media_common.quotation_subject Climate change Plant Science farmers 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Adaptability immune system diseases Natural resource management Agricultural productivity lcsh:Agriculture (General) Socioeconomics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common Saudi Arabia Food security business.industry Capacity building food and beverages Arid lcsh:S1-972 respiratory tract diseases capacity-building Geography climate change Agriculture concern beliefs sense organs business Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Agriculture, Vol 10, Iss 253, p 253 (2020) Agriculture Volume 10 Issue 7 |
| ISSN: | 2077-0472 |
| Popis: | Climate change constitutes a major threat to agricultural production, food security, and natural resource management. Saudi Arabia is particularly susceptible to increasing temperatures and extreme climatic events, such as arid weather and drought. The purpose of this study is to assess farmers&rsquo beliefs and concerns as regards climate change. Extensive interviews were conducted with 164 farmers in the Jazan region. Results revealed that 89.6% of the farmers believed that climate change is due to human activities and 93.3% believed that it is because of natural change. Seventy-five percent of the farmers were concerned about insects and 73% about the prevalence of weeds on their farms. Findings of cluster analysis revealed that farmers who are more likely to believe in climate change are more in agreement with the role of extension services in capacity building. Farmers&rsquo beliefs about climate change were significantly influenced by membership of agricultural cooperatives, access to loans, use of extension services, age, farm size, and level of soil fertility. Access to loans was the only significant factor to explain the differences in farmers&rsquo concerns. These results suggest the need for capacity-building activities targeted at improving farmers&rsquo adaptability to manage climate variability. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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