气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): The salience of climate change in farmer decision-making within smallholder semi-arid agroecosystems

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DOI	10.1007/s10584-019-02498-3
	The salience of climate change in farmer decision-making within smallholder semi-arid agroecosystems
	Waldman K.B.; Attari S.Z.; Gower D.B.; Giroux S.A.; Caylor K.K.; Evans T.P.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	0165-0009
起始页码	527
结束页码	543
卷号	156 期号:4
英文摘要	Smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa are most susceptible to the impacts of climate change, including longer duration dry-spells and more frequent drought. There is a growing literature examining the psychological determinants of various climate adaptation strategies among smallholder farmers but little attention to how psychological factors vary across adaptation decisions and the underlying motivations for these decisions. We assess climate adaptation in terms of five risk management categories outlined by Agrawal (2009). Using a sample of farming households in Kenya (N = 494), we find that while 98% of smallholders believe that various dimensions of climate change pose a significant threat to their livelihood, these beliefs do not necessarily translate into climate actions. Results show that environmental concerns are not salient motivators for or against adaptation strategies, but food insecurity and household expenses are, suggesting a disconnect between climate beliefs and actions. Future research on decision-making related to climate adaptation within semi-arid agroecosystems should consider that while perceptions of climate change are important in shaping climate adaptive actions, they are not necessarily a salient motivator. Climate change is predicted to have significant negative impacts on food security but concerns about food security are what motivate farmers to adopt practices that will prepare them for climate change. © 2019, Springer Nature B.V.
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Agriculture; Decision making; Drought; Ecosystems; Food supply; Motivation; Risk assessment; Risk management; Adaptation decisions; Adaptation strategies; Environmental concerns; Food insecurity; Psychological determinants; Psychological factors; Smallholder farmers; Sub-saharan africa; Climate change; agricultural ecosystem; climate change; decision making; drought stress; farmers attitude; farmers knowledge; food security; psychology; semiarid region; smallholder; Kenya; Sub-Saharan Africa
来源期刊	Climatic Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/147398
作者单位	Indiana University, Bloomington, United States; Princeton University, Princeton, United States; University of California, Santa Barbara, United States; University of Arizona, Tucson, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Waldman K.B.,Attari S.Z.,Gower D.B.,et al. The salience of climate change in farmer decision-making within smallholder semi-arid agroecosystems[J],2019,156(4).
APA	Waldman K.B.,Attari S.Z.,Gower D.B.,Giroux S.A.,Caylor K.K.,&Evans T.P..(2019).The salience of climate change in farmer decision-making within smallholder semi-arid agroecosystems.Climatic Change,156(4).
MLA	Waldman K.B.,et al."The salience of climate change in farmer decision-making within smallholder semi-arid agroecosystems".Climatic Change 156.4(2019).