Analyzing the Determinants of Farmer’s Choice of Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change

Sajid Ali Siyal, Amber Pathan, Bilawal Abbasi, Geng Xianhui, Muhammad Rizwan Shoukat, Khuram Shehzad Khan

 

Full Length Research Paper I Published October ,2019

 

Journal of Agricultural Science and Food Technology  Vol. 5 (8), pp.158-169.

https://doi.org/10.36630/jasft_19041

 

ABSTRACT

Climate change has created challenges for agriculture sustainability in Pakistan. Today Pakistan ranks 8^th worldwide in farm output due to low crop productive ha^-1. This study analyzed the constraints influencing farmers’ choice of adaptation strategies to climate change using comprehensive data from 120 farmers of Sindh province. Different social and economic factors were studied including age, education level, access to credit, phone facility, farming experience, farm size, income, access on weather information, particularly rainfall forecast. A binary logit regression model used to understand determinants of farmer’s choice of adaptation strategies revealed that access to credit and timely weather information were the most dominant factors affecting the farmers’ decision on adaptation to climate change. This study concludes that the structure of current agricultural extension service department should be improved, which can effectively work by educating farmers about climate change adaptation strategies, the metrological departments should establish a direct connection with farmers through phone messaging and update them timely, and the government should immediately introduce farmers’ friendly loan program.

 

KeyWords: Climate change, Adaptation strategies, Binary logit model, Sindh province, Pakistan.

 

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