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Analyzing farm households’ perception and choice of adaptation strategies towards climate change impacts: a case study of vulnerable households in an emerging Asian region

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Poor agricultural communities are particularly more disruptive to changes in climate. In southeast Asian countries, Pakistan is extremely vulnerable to weather-related events including droughts and floods. This research study aims to determine the farmers’ perception towards climatic risks, farmers’ choice of adaptation strategies and factors influencing farmers’ decision of adaptation measures. A face-to-face household survey was conducted to collect primary data of 378 farm households from three tehsils of district Charsadda-Khyber Pakhuntkhwa (KP) province of Pakistan. A structured questionnaire was utilized as an instrument to collect data from the targeted farmers in study areas (three tehsils of district Charsadda). A binary probit model approach was used to assess the major factors affecting farmers’ decision towards adaptation measures. Results revealed that changing crop varieties, diversification of crops, changing crop calendar, and insurance of crops were the major adaptive measures exercised by farm households in their farms. Findings of the binary probit approach showed that age of the respondents, farm size, educational level, credit access, household size, extension services access and perception of increased floods, and reduction in precipitation had substantial effect on the farmers’ adaptation strategies choice. Advanced agricultural practices in response to the climatic risks can thus have substantial effects and reduction in farmers’ exposure to natural calamities. Study findings of our research can guide policy makers and concerned authorities and provide policy implications for future research studies.

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  1. College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China

    Zulfiqar Ali Baloch

  2. Institute of Regional Economy, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China

    Qingmei Tan

  3. Institute for Techo-economics and Innovation Management, College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China

    Qingmei Tan

  4. School of Economics and Management, Leshan Normal University, Leshan, 614000, Sichuan, China

    Shah Fahad

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All authors made significant contributions to the study conception and design. Data collection and methodology were performed by S.F. Z.A.B; Q.T. did formal analysis and software; S.F. wrote the original draft. Review and editing were performed by S.F and Z.A.B.

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Baloch, Z.A., Tan, Q. & Fahad, S. Analyzing farm households’ perception and choice of adaptation strategies towards climate change impacts: a case study of vulnerable households in an emerging Asian region. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 57306–57316 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-19895-4

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