Building resilience to climate change: Examining the impact of agro-ecological zones and social groups on sustainable development
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41340%2F23%3A95147" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41340/23:95147 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2626" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2626</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sd.2626" target="_blank" >10.1002/sd.2626</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Building resilience to climate change: Examining the impact of agro-ecological zones and social groups on sustainable development
Original language description
Nepal is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change, which is negatively affecting agricultural production and food security. However, the role of agro-ecological zones and social groups in climate change adaptation (CCA) and its impact on smallholder farmers in Nepal remains unexplored. To fill this gap, this study aimed to identify the effect of agro-ecological zones and social groups on smallholder farmers' adaptation to climate change using the multivariate probit model. Multistage sampling was used to collect data from 400 households in three agro-ecological zones of Nepal. These zones were highland (mountainous region), midland (hilly region) and lowland (terai/plain region). The results of our study showed that farmers in the Mountain region are more likely to adopt off-farm activities and temporary migration as a CCA strategy than those in the Terai/plain agro-ecological zone. In the Terai/Plain, farmers mainly adopt small-scale irrigation and agroforestry. In terms of social groups, the Brahmin group was more likely to adopt new crop varieties and small-scale irrigation than the Sudra group. The Sudra farmers preferred temporary migration and off-farm activities more than the Brahmins. Our study shows that policies to promote the adoption of CCA strategies need to take into account location and social group differences in order to improve the adaptive capacity of the most vulnerable farmers. Mountain and Sudra farmers need support to adapt to climate change and sustain agriculture.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40101 - Agriculture
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
ISSN
0968-0802
e-ISSN
0968-0802
Volume of the periodical
31
Issue of the periodical within the volume
OCT 2023
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
3796-3810
UT code for WoS article
001006892700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85149748133