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DOI	10.1080/23311932.2024.2334999
	Sorghum farmers' perceptions of climate change, its effects, temperature and precipitation trends, and determinants of adaptation strategies in the central plateau zone of Rwanda
	Niyibigira, Theogene; Mohammed, Wassu; Tana, Tamado; Tefera, Tesfaye Lemma; Rukundo, Placide
发表日期	2024
ISSN	2331-1932
起始页码	10
结束页码	1
卷号	10 期号:1
英文摘要	Climate change is causing significant damage to crop production in the central plateau zone of Rwanda, particularly affecting sorghum, food, and the incomes of smallholder farmers. Understanding farmers' perceptions and the factors impacting their responses is crucial for improving sorghum production policies and programs. Therefore, a study was conducted to assess sorghum farmers' perceptions of climate change and the factors determining their adaptation strategies. A multistage sampling method and a cluster random selection were utilized to select 345 respondents from five districts of the study area. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and a multivariate probit model. The results showed that 98.8% of farmers were aware of climate change, with deforestation being the main anthropogenic activity causing it. Consequently, 95.7% and 84.3% of farmers experienced grain yield reductions, and over 20 sorghum varieties disappeared. To address these impacts, farmers adopted five adaptation strategies: early maturing sorghum varieties (67%), adjusting planting dates (50.1%), drought-tolerant varieties (46.7%), soil conservation practices (38.3%), and crop diversification (32.8%). The multivariate probit model results showed the age and literacy level of the household head, access to extension services, access to information, access to credit, farming experience, and land size as the important factors influencing at least one of the climate change adaptation strategies. The study concluded that sorghum farmers are aware of the impacts of climate change and are acting to address its negative effects. The results suggest that the government and stakeholders should support farmers in strengthening their adaptation strategies for sustainable sorghum production.
英文关键词	Adaptation strategies; baseline survey; multivariate prohibit model; smallholder farmers; sorghum bicolor; Rwanda; climate change
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Agriculture
WOS类目	Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:001197716100001
来源期刊	COGENT FOOD & AGRICULTURE
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/286147
作者单位	Haramaya University; Haramaya University
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Niyibigira, Theogene,Mohammed, Wassu,Tana, Tamado,et al. Sorghum farmers' perceptions of climate change, its effects, temperature and precipitation trends, and determinants of adaptation strategies in the central plateau zone of Rwanda[J],2024,10(1).
APA	Niyibigira, Theogene,Mohammed, Wassu,Tana, Tamado,Tefera, Tesfaye Lemma,&Rukundo, Placide.(2024).Sorghum farmers' perceptions of climate change, its effects, temperature and precipitation trends, and determinants of adaptation strategies in the central plateau zone of Rwanda.COGENT FOOD & AGRICULTURE,10(1).
MLA	Niyibigira, Theogene,et al."Sorghum farmers' perceptions of climate change, its effects, temperature and precipitation trends, and determinants of adaptation strategies in the central plateau zone of Rwanda".COGENT FOOD & AGRICULTURE 10.1(2024).