The influences on farmers' planned and actual farm adaptation decisions: Evidence from small-scale irrigation schemes in South-Eastern Africa

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dc.contributor.authorAbebe, F.
dc.contributor.authorZuo, A.
dc.contributor.authorWheeler, S.A.
dc.contributor.authorBjornlund, H.
dc.contributor.authorChilundo, M.
dc.contributor.authorKissoly, L.
dc.contributor.authorDube, T.
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractStudies are scarce linking planned farmer adaptation practices with their actual practices over time. This study addresses this gap by investigating planned and actual adaptation behaviour, using data collected in 2014 and 2017, from various irrigation schemes in south-eastern Africa. Four planned farm adaptation indexes were created and analysed, with findings suggesting that land size, previous adaptation experience and credit access were positively associated with all types of adaptation. The results from the two waves of survey analysis also indicated very different influences between planned and actual practices, with the proportion of farmers actually undertaking a particular practice far greater than those who planned to undertake it. This result might be related to the project intervention within the study schemes, where numerous factors previously hampering irrigation were resolved, increasing farmers' ability to adapt. Enhancing the availability and quality of education, extension services and finance could be valuable in encouraging further farm adaptation.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityFentahun Abebe, Alec Zuo, Sarah Ann Wheeler, Henning Bjornlund, Mario Chilundo, Luitfred Kissoly, Thabani Dube
dc.identifier.citationEcological Economics, 2022; 202:1-15
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107594
dc.identifier.issn0921-8009
dc.identifier.issn1873-6106
dc.identifier.orcidAbebe, F. [0000-0001-9464-1957]
dc.identifier.orcidZuo, A. [0000-0003-0425-4633]
dc.identifier.orcidWheeler, S.A. [0000-0002-6073-3172]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/137021
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT140100773
dc.rights© 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107594
dc.subjectClimate change; Farm adaptation; Fractional probit model; Irrigation; Climate perceptions
dc.titleThe influences on farmers' planned and actual farm adaptation decisions: Evidence from small-scale irrigation schemes in South-Eastern Africa
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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