Adaptation to Climate Change and Impact on Smallholder Farmers’ Food Security in South Africa
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چکیده
If not adequately managed, climate change is predicted to have a large negative impact on smallholder subsistence farmers, posing significant danger household food security. However, the role of adaptive techniques used by farming households reduce these effects and, as result, their insecurity status has been sufficiently evaluated. This study explores factors that influence farmers’ adoption adaptation measures, well Using an endogenous treatment-effect ordered probit model, agricultural households’ security likely significantly improve when they employ measures adapt adverse climatic conditions. The empirical findings also show gender makeup household, age, tropical livestock unit, and access information likelihood farmers adopting measures. Based findings, this advocates governments non-governmental organizations (NGOs) support Indigenous options with various institutional, regulatory, technological assistance, particular emphasis female-headed households.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Agriculture
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2077-0472']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12050589