Climate change risk perception and adaptation to climate smart agriculture are required to increase wheat production for food security

IF 2.6 3区 农林科学 Q1 AGRONOMY Italian Journal of Agronomy Pub Date : 2022-12-30 DOI:10.4081/ija.2022.2129
Nusrat Ehsan, G. Hoogenboom, Mahmood Khalid Qamar, C. J. Wilkerson, S. Wajid, F. Aziz
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Climate change poses a serious risk to wheat farmers in many regions of the world. The present study was conducted in the Sialkot District, Punjab, Pakistan, to investigate climate change trends during the past thirty years and to determine farmers’ knowledge and perceptions about climate change. The study also addresses the impacts of climate change on wheat production, current adaptation strategies, and limitations in adaptations to climate-smart agriculture (CSA) through a questionnaire-based survey. The historical weather data from the past thirty years indicated an increase in the mean annual minimum and maximum temperature and a decrease in annual total precipitation. Wheat productivity during the past thirty years showed an increasing trend but it was inconsistent. The respondents’ perception of climate change indicated that the literate farmers and those with broad farming experience were more knowledgeable about the climatic effects on wheat production. However, the survey results showed that the age of the farmers did not affect their perceptions. The current management practices are primarily based on prior experiences (70%) and traditional practices (30%). The standard management practices to increase farm productivity include an increase in fertilizer use (70%), a decrease in manure use (24%), and intercropping or switching to other crop cultivations (60%). The farmers stated that their reasons for limited adaptation to climate smart farm practices (CSFP) were due to their lack of knowledge and skills (86%), lack of modern technologies (74%), economic constraints (78%), politics (86%), and social influences (74%). Based on the survey results, the study suggests that addressing these gaps can increase farm-level wheat productivity to increase resilience. This can be achieved by introducing stateof- the-art farming practices through farmer training and by providing institutional services with a focus on climate-specific farm consultation services, leading to climate-smart agricultural practices for improved food security. Highlights - Literate farmers are more aware of climate change as compared to illiterate farmers. - The farmers emphasized the increase in both the summer and winter temperature. - Rainfall is identified as a major climate threat in the study area. - The farmers identified that the highest impact of climate change occurred during the harvest phase of wheat. - The farmers stated that the limited adoption of climate smart agricultural practices is due to lack of knowledge and technological, economic, and other gaps.
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要提高小麦产量以保障粮食安全,就需要认识气候变化风险并适应气候智能型农业
气候变化对世界许多地区的小麦种植者构成了严重的风险。本研究在巴基斯坦旁遮普邦锡亚尔科特区进行,旨在调查过去三十年的气候变化趋势,并确定农民对气候变化的认识和看法。该研究还通过问卷调查探讨了气候变化对小麦生产的影响、当前的适应策略以及适应气候智能农业(CSA)的局限性。过去三十年的历史天气数据表明,年平均最低和最高气温有所上升,年总降水量有所减少。近三十年来,小麦产量呈上升趋势,但前后不一。受访者对气候变化的看法表明,有文化的农民和有广泛农业经验的农民更了解气候对小麦生产的影响。然而,调查结果显示,农民的年龄并没有影响他们的认知。目前的管理实践主要基于以往的经验(70%)和传统实践(30%)。提高农场生产力的标准管理做法包括增加肥料使用量(70%)、减少粪肥使用量(24%)以及间作或转为其他作物种植(60%)。农民们表示,他们对气候智能农场做法(CSFP)适应有限的原因是缺乏知识和技能(86%)、缺乏现代技术(74%)、经济限制(78%)、政治(86%)和社会影响(74%)。根据调查结果,该研究表明,解决这些差距可以提高农场层面的小麦生产力,以提高抵御能力。这可以通过以下方式实现:通过农民培训引入最先进的农业实践,并提供以气候特定农业咨询服务为重点的机构服务,从而形成气候智能农业实践,以改善粮食安全。亮点-与文盲农民相比,识字农民更了解气候变化。-农民们强调了夏季和冬季气温的升高降雨被确定为研究区域的主要气候威胁农民们发现,气候变化的最大影响发生在小麦收获阶段农民们表示,气候智能农业实践的有限采用是由于缺乏知识以及技术、经济和其他方面的差距。
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期刊介绍: The Italian Journal of Agronomy (IJA) is the official journal of the Italian Society for Agronomy. It publishes quarterly original articles and reviews reporting experimental and theoretical contributions to agronomy and crop science, with main emphasis on original articles from Italy and countries having similar agricultural conditions. The journal deals with all aspects of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the interactions between cropping systems and sustainable development. Multidisciplinary articles that bridge agronomy with ecology, environmental and social sciences are also welcome.
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