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2. Explaining the perception of smallholders towards weather index micro-insurance alongside risks and coping strategies
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Isaboke, Hezron Nyarindo (author), Qiao, Zhang (author), Nyarindo, Wilckyster Nyateko (author), and Ke, Wang (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Published:
- Turkey
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: D08764
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 4(4) : 59-77
3. Perception and adaptation to higher temperatures among poultry farmers in Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Sanou, Awa (author), Kerr, John (author), Hodbod, Jennifer (author), and Saweda, Linda (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-01-19
- Published:
- International: Springer Link
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12566
- Journal Title:
- Environment Development and Sustainability
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 23
- Notes:
- 8 pahes, The poultry sector is large and expanding in the global South, playing a central role in providing increased protein to a rapidly growing base of consumers. The sector includes small backyard farms, small commercial operations, and very large, complex enterprises. Although there is substantial literature on climate adaptation by crop farmers and large livestock farmers, such information is limited for poultry. This study focuses on the effects of higher temperatures on commercial poultry farms in southwest Nigeria and their adaptation strategies. We use a rich set of in-depth interviews to describe how poultry farmers are adapting to higher temperatures and their reasons for adopting particular practices. In general, interviewees are aware that temperatures have increased over time and that heat stress reduces poultry productivity in terms of weight gain and laying capacity. They are knowledgeable and are not passively enduring the adverse effects of higher temperatures as they have adopted a range of adaptation practices. This study identified three main adaptation strategies: (i) keeping drinking water cool, (ii) keeping the building cool and increasing ventilation, and (iii) giving birds medicines and supplements that help them cope with increased heat. Small farms tend to adopt simple and low-cost practices, and large farms tend to adopt more sophisticated and expensive approaches, in line with the nature of their respective operations. The paper’s findings can help address gaps in strategies aiming to help this critically important sector of the food system be robust to future environmental change.
4. Understanding farmers' perceptions and adaptations to precipitation and temperature variability: evidence from northern Iran
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Allahyari, Mohammad Sadegh (author), Ghavami, Sahereh (author), Masuleh, Zahra Daghighi (author), Michailidis, Anastoasios (author), and Nastis, Stefanos A. (author)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-12-03
- Published:
- Iran
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: D08762
- Journal Title:
- Climate
- Journal Title Details:
- 4(4), 58
- Notes:
- 16 pages.
5. What shapes farmers’ perception of climate change? A case study of southern Brazil
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Foguesatto, Cristian Rogério (author) and Machado, João Armando Dessimon (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-01-19
- Published:
- United States: Springer Link
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12475
- Journal Title:
- Environment, Development and Sustainability
- Journal Title Details:
- 23
- Notes:
- 15 pages, Climate change poses several challenges worldwide, including the increase in severity and frequency of extreme weather events, such as droughts. As a result, there are projected environmental, economic and social impacts in several sectors, including agriculture. However, the extent of climatic impacts depends on farmers’ awareness and their capacity for adaptation in response to changes in the climate. This study analyzes the factors that influence farmers’ perception of climate change. Data were collected from a farm-household survey in the Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Using a logistic regression model, we identified that farm size, support of extension workers, number of conservation practices adopted, and ecocentrism value influenced positively the perception. Moreover, we found that farm size relied on government actions, subsidies, and anthropocentric value was affected negatively. These findings showed that socioeconomic and psychological factors shape farmers’ perception of climate change. Extension workers and policymakers should increase farmers' awareness on climate change improving the communication on the nature importance for the ecosystem as a whole (ecocentrism) and/or explaining the importance of nature for human welfare (anthropocentrism).
6. “How can you put a price on the environment?” Farmer perspectives on stewardship and payment for ecosystem services
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- White, A.C. (author), Faulkner, D.S. (author), Mendex, V.E. (author), and Niles, M.T. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-04-01
- Published:
- United States: Soil and Water Conservation Society
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12529
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
- Journal Title Details:
- 41
- Notes:
- 14 pages, As agricultural conservation priorities evolve to address new complex social-ecological problems and emerging social priorities, new conservation incentive program participation and success can be enhanced by incorporating local stakeholder preferences into program design. Our research explores how farmers incorporate ecosystem services into management decisions, their willingness to participate in payment for ecosystem services programs, and factors beyond compensation level that would influence participation. We conducted three focus groups with 24 participants between January of 2019 and May of 2019 in Vermont. Our study revealed that a strong, intrinsic stewardship ethic motivates farmers to enhance ecosystem service provisioning from their farms, though financial pressures often limit decision-making. These results suggest that programs with sufficient levels of payment may attract participation, at least among some types of farmers, to enhance ecosystem services from farms in Vermont. However, farmers may be deterred from participating by perceived unfairness and distrust of the government based on previous experiences with regulations and conservation incentive structures. Farmers also expressed distrust of information about ecosystem services supply that conflicts with their perceptions of agroecosystem functioning, unless delivered by trusted individuals from the extension system. The delivery of context-specific information on how management changes impact ecosystem service performance from trusted sources could enhance farmers’ decisions, and would aptly complement payments. Additionally, farmers expressed a desire to see a program that both achieves additionality and rewards farms who have been stewards, goals that are potentially at odds. Our findings offer important insights for policy makers and program administrators who need to understand factors that will influence farmers’ willingness to participate in payment for ecosystem service programs and other conservation practice adoption initiatives, in Vermont and elsewhere.