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DOI	10.1016/j.crm.2019.100200
	Ex-ante and ex-post coping strategies for climatic shocks and adaptation determinants in rural Malawi
	Abid M.; Ali A.; Rahut D.B.; Raza M.; Mehdi M.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	2212-0963
起始页码	2339
结束页码	2358
卷号	27
英文摘要	This paper assesses farmers’ experiences with different climatic shocks as well as their ex-ante and ex-post coping strategies for climatic risks and shocks in rural Malawi. The paper is based on a comprehensive data set collected in 2013 from 1582 farm households located in three regions of Malawi (northern, central, and eastern). The study uses a bivariate probit model to examine the role of farm characteristics—including physical, human, social, and financial capital—in the household's decision to adapt to climatic shocks. The results revealed that farmers in the study area experienced droughts, floods, and crop pests and diseases as key climatic shocks. Additionally, some indirect climatic shocks reported by farmers include crop damages, increases in input and output prices, and reductions in farm profit. Farmers adopted more on-farm work, drought-tolerant varieties, early planting, and intercropping as key ex-ante adaptation strategies to reduce the adverse impacts of extreme climate events. Farmers adopted drought and disease-tolerant crops, diversified their crops, planted earlier, did more on-farm work, and changed their eating habits as key ex-post climatic shock coping strategies. Furthermore, social networks and capital were found to be important factors influencing farmers’ adaptation decisions. The study suggests improving access to community resources, infrastructure, and information in order to improve household capacity to cope with climatic shocks. © 2019 The Authors
英文关键词	Climatic shocks; Ex-ante and ex-post adaptation; Farmers; Rural Malawi
来源期刊	Climate Risk Management
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/183195
作者单位	Centre for Climate Research and Development (CCRD), COMSATS University, Park Road, Tarlai Kalan, Islamabad, Pakistan; Socioeconomics Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Islamabad, Pakistan; Socioeconomics Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), El Batan, Mexico; Institute of Business Management Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Abid M.,Ali A.,Rahut D.B.,et al. Ex-ante and ex-post coping strategies for climatic shocks and adaptation determinants in rural Malawi[J],2020,27.
APA	Abid M.,Ali A.,Rahut D.B.,Raza M.,&Mehdi M..(2020).Ex-ante and ex-post coping strategies for climatic shocks and adaptation determinants in rural Malawi.Climate Risk Management,27.
MLA	Abid M.,et al."Ex-ante and ex-post coping strategies for climatic shocks and adaptation determinants in rural Malawi".Climate Risk Management 27(2020).