Climate Change Adaptation Strategy in Agriculture (Rostam County)

Solimani, Mehrangiz; Rahimi, Dariush; Yazdanpanah, Hojatollah

doi:10.22111/jneh.2020.32681.1598

Climate Change Adaptation Strategy in Agriculture (Rostam County)

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

¹ PhD student of climatology, Isfahan University & Faculty Member (instructor) Geography at Payam-e-Nor University of Fars, Iran

² Associate Professor of Climatology, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, University of Isfahan, Iran.

10.22111/jneh.2020.32681.1598

Abstract

Climate change adaptation strategies, especially understanding agriculture, are strategies to mitigate climate change impacts. These strategies are addressed in three concepts: climate change adaptation strategies and problems. Iran needs climate change adaptation strategies with dry climates, successive droughts, and rising temperatures. Two indicators of climate change adaptation Adaptation strategy index (ASI) and Problem Confrontation Index (PCI) were used to analyze climate change adaptation strategies in Fars province agriculture. The findings showed that more than 90% of respondents understand and seek adaptation to climate change and its effects. They have chosen irrigation and technology modernization strategies, drought-resistant varieties (rapeseed, medicinal plants), shifting cultivation time, greenhouse cultivation, and variety of crop varieties and activities as adaptive strategies to climate change. Weak finances, high price fluctuations, low productivity, technical skill, and the complicated rules of the bureaucracy in financing were the most important problems in the implementation and success of strategies. Therefore, it is possible to achieve more successful climate change strategies by establishing a financial support system (such as Grameen Bank of Bangladesh), training and enhancing users' technical knowledge and sustaining revenue sources.

Keywords

References

References (in Persian)

Adavi, Zohrab (2014): Simulation of the effects of climate change on potato production in Fereidan Regional and presenting adaptation strategies based on modeling approaches, PhD Thesis, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Shahr-e-Kord. [In Persian]

Azadi.Y,yazdanpanah.,M,Forozani,Mhmoodi,H.,(2019), Identification of Factors Influencing Wheat Growers' Adaptation Behaviors under Climate Change Conditions (Case Study: Kermanshah County), Geography and Development Iranian Journal, vol.17(56), 39-56. [In Persian]

Azizi Khalkhili, Tahereh (2013): Decision Making Model for Adapters to Climate Change, Ph.D. Thesis, Faculty of Agriculture, Shiraz University. [In Persian]

Esmailnejad. M, Alijani.B,(2017), Analysis and ranking of adaptation strategies to climate change from the perspective of local people in Sistan plain, Journal of spatial Analysis Environmental Hazards, vol.4,63-72. [In Persian]

FarajzadehAsl, M., Kashki, A., Shayan, S. (2009): Analyzing the Performance of Dryland Wheat Crop with Climate Change Approach of Khorasan Razavi Province, Journal of Modares, Vol.83(3), 256-222. [In Persian]

Ghasemi, V., (2005), Cronbach's alpha coefficient and its characteristics with emphasis on application in social research, Journal of Isfahan University, 19, 174-155. [In Persian]

Hoseini.S, Nazari. M. R, Araghinejad.S(2014), Investigating the impacts of climate on agricultural sector with an emphasis on the role of adaptation strategies in this sector, ijaedr, vol.44(1),1-16. [In Persian]

Khaledi. F, Zarafshani. K, Mirakzade. K, (2015), Factors influencing farmers’ adaptive capacities to climate change (wheat farmers in Sarpole Zahab Township, Kermanshah province), Journal of Rural Research, vol.6(3),655-678. [In Persian]

Kochaki, A, Kamali., AG., (2011), Climate Change and Dryland Wheat Production in Iran, Iranian Journal of Crop Research, Vol.8, 508 - 520. [In Persian]

Meghaddadi, Nasim (2012), Simulation of the Effect of Climate Change on Chickpea in Zanjan Province, MSc in Ecological Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Zanjan University. [In Persian]

Momeni, S., Zebaei., M, (2013), The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture in Fars Province Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development, Vol.27(3), 179-169. [In Persian]

Moradi, R, Kochaki.A, Nasiri Mahallati,.M, (2013), Impact of Climate Change on Maize Production and Evaluation of Planting Date Change as a Solution to Climate Mashhad, Journal of Agricultural Knowledge and Sustainable Production, Vol.33(4), 111-129. [In Persian]

Nasiri Mahallati, .M, Kochaki, A, (2005), The Effect of Climate Change on Agro climatic Indices of Rainfed Wheat Cultivation Areas in Iran, Iranian Journal of Crop Research, Vol.3,291-303. [In Persian]

Zeighami, M., (2013), Vulnerable Study of Phonological Growth of Corn Cultivars in Khorasan Razavi, M.Sc. Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. [In Persian]

References (in English)

Aksit, O., McNeal, K. S., Gold, A. U., Libarkin, J. C., and Harris, S. (2018). The influence of instruction, prior knowledge, and values on climate change risk perception among undergraduates. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 55, 550-572.

Bryan, E., Ringler, C. Okoba, B. Roncoli, C. Silvestri, S. & Herrero, M. (2011). Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change in Kenya: Household and community strategies and determinants, In International Conference on May, Vol. 18.

Chen, J., Huang, P., McCarl, B.A., and Shiva, L. (2014). Climate Change, Society, and Agriculture: An Economic and Policy Perspective. Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems, 294-306.

Clayton, S., Devine-Wright, P., Stern, P. C., Whitmarsh, L., Carrico, A., Steg, L., Swim, J., and Bonnes, M. (2015). Psychological research and global climate change. Nature Climate Change, 5 (7), 640-646.

Feleke, Hirut Getachew, (2015), Assessing Weather Forecasting Needs of Smallholder Farmers for Climate Change Adaptation in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia, Journal of Earth Science 6(10):312.pp1-8

Gary B, Philippe T (2011) Trend analysis in polls, topics, opinions, and answers. HAL Id: -00601261.

Kurukulasuriya, P., Mendelsohn, R. (2008). A Ricardian Analysis of the Impact of Climate Change on African Cropland, African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2 (1), 1–23.

Lemmen, D. S., Warren, F. J., Lacroix, J., and Bush, E. (2008). From impacts to adaptation: Canada in a changing climate. Government of Canada, Ottawa.

Nhemachena, C., & Hassan, R. (2007). Micro-Level Analysis of Farmers Adaption to Climate Change in Southern Africa, Intl Food Policy Res Inst.

Otitoju, M. A., and Enete, A. A. (2016). Climate change adaptation: Uncovering constraints to the use of adaptation strategies among food crop farmers in South-west, Nigeria using principal component analysis (PCA). Cogent Food and Agriculture, 2 (1), 1-11.

Rosenzweig, C., (2007). Adaptation and mitigation strategies in agriculture: an analysis of potential synergies, Mitig Adapt Strat Glob Change 12:855–873.

Uddin, M. N; Bokelmann, W&Entsminger, J.S. (2014). Factors Affecting Farmers Adaptation Strategies to Environmental Degradation and Climate Change Effects: A Farm Level Study in, Bangladesh, Climat,2:223-241

Smit, B., and Skinner, M. W. (2002). Adaptation options in agriculture to climate change: a typology. Mitigation and adaptation strategies for global change, 7 (1), 85-114.

Zamasiya, B., Nyikahadzoi, K., and Mukamuri, B. B. (2017). Factors influencing smallholder farmers' behavioral intention towards adaptation to climate change in transitional climatic zones: A case study of Hwedza District in Zimbabwe. Journal of Environmental Management, 198, 233-239.