Understanding responses to climate-related water scarcity in Africa

W Leal Filho, E Totin, JA Franke, SM Andrew… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water scarcity is a global challenge, yet existing responses are failing to cope with current
shocks and stressors, including those attributable to climate change. In sub-Saharan Africa …

A review on the contribution of crop diversification to Sustainable Development Goal 1 “No poverty” in different world regions

D Feliciano - Sustainable development, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Crop diversification is one of the most cost‐effective way of reducing uncertainties in farmer's
income, especially among poor smallholder farmers. However, poverty is a complex …

[HTML][HTML] On farmers' perceptions of climate change and its nexus with climate data and adaptive capacity. A comprehensive review

S Ricart, A Castelletti, C Gandolfi - Environmental Research …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Farmers' perception of climate change is crucial in adaptation intention and process.
However, farmers' perceptions may not be timely, accurate and systematically consistent …

[HTML][HTML] Smallholder farmers' perceptions of climate change and adaptation practices for maize production in Eastern Ethiopia

H Teshome, K Tesfaye, N Dechassa, T Tana, M Huber - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Climate change and variability is affecting maize (Zea mays L.) production in eastern
Ethiopia but how farmers perceive the challenge and respond to it is not well documented. A …

Does the use of climate information contribute to climate change adaptation? Evidence from Ghana

V Owusu, W Ma, A Renwick, D Emuah - Climate and Development, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines how the use of climate information affects climate change adaptation
measure adopted by household heads, using data collected from the Upper West region of …

Determinants of smallholder farmers' choice of coping and adaptation strategies to climate change and variability in the central highlands of Ethiopia

A Alemayehu, W Bewket - Environmental Development, 2017 - Elsevier
This study presents analysis of determinants of smallholder farmers' choice of coping and
adaptation strategies to climate change and variability in the central highlands of Ethiopia. A …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change awareness, perceived impacts, and adaptation from farmers' experience and behavior: a triple-loop review

S Ricart, C Gandolfi, A Castelletti - Regional Environmental Change, 2023 - Springer
Individuals and communities socially construct risk, and societies with greater risk
perception may be more apt to mobilize or adapt to emergent threats like climate change …

Climate change and variability awareness and livelihood adaptive strategies among smallholder farmers in semi-arid northern Ghana

F Asante, L Guodaar, S Arimiyaw - Environmental Development, 2021 - Elsevier
This study examined smallholder farmers' observation of climate change and variability, its
effect on agricultural output, and the livelihood adaptive strategies being used in response to …

Local climate variability and crop production in the central highlands of Ethiopia

A Alemayehu, W Bewket - Environmental Development, 2016 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to understand the association of crop production with climate
variability in the central highlands of Ethiopia. We used monthly rainfall and temperature …

Changing climate-Changing livelihood: smallholder's perceptions and adaption strategies

C Funk, AR Sathyan, P Winker, L Breuer - Journal of Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Experts expect that climate change will soon have a severe impact on the lives of farmers in
the region surrounding Kerala, India. This region, which is known for its monsoon climate …