Towards sustainable adaptation: A tool for estimating adaptation costs to climate change for smallholder farmers
Adaptation reduces the harmful effects of climate change. Nonetheless, the process of adaptation is associated with costs. If these costs are not managed accordingly, they have the potential to deter adaptation thereby impacting on its sustainability. Estimating adaptation costs to climate change pr...
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| description | Adaptation reduces the harmful effects of climate change. Nonetheless, the process of adaptation is associated with costs. If these costs are not managed accordingly, they have the potential to deter adaptation thereby impacting on its sustainability. Estimating adaptation costs to climate change provides vital information for decision-making among resource constrained smallholder maize farmers and enhances sustainable adaptation. However, there is no method for estimating adaptation costs that caters for the needs of smallholder maize farmers. Therefore, it was imperative to develop a context-specific tool for estimating adaptation costs for smallholder maize farmers using a bottom-up approach. Principles of quantification of theoretical constructs including conceptualization, operationalisation and attribute development were adopted in developing the tool for estimating adaptation costs to climate change. The tool is composed of three evaluation tools and three adaptation costs equations for the pre-, during- and post-adaptation phases, a total adaptation costs equation and a Summated Rating Scale for sustainability of adaptation activities. The tool is user-friendly, relatively easy to use, can be interpreted easily and modified to suit different smallholder farmers. It is hoped that the tool will assist smallholder maize farmers to consider all factors of critical importance before implementing adaptation plans and ensure reduced adaptation costs while enhancing sustainability. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-26c06b46ac7a4a4396a990754628457f2022-12-22T04:36:54ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Climate2624-95532022-10-01410.3389/fclim.2022.947308947308Towards sustainable adaptation: A tool for estimating adaptation costs to climate change for smallholder farmersDumisani Shoko Kori0Edmore Kori1Institute for Rural Development, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South AfricaDepartment of Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South AfricaAdaptation reduces the harmful effects of climate change. Nonetheless, the process of adaptation is associated with costs. If these costs are not managed accordingly, they have the potential to deter adaptation thereby impacting on its sustainability. Estimating adaptation costs to climate change provides vital information for decision-making among resource constrained smallholder maize farmers and enhances sustainable adaptation. However, there is no method for estimating adaptation costs that caters for the needs of smallholder maize farmers. Therefore, it was imperative to develop a context-specific tool for estimating adaptation costs for smallholder maize farmers using a bottom-up approach. Principles of quantification of theoretical constructs including conceptualization, operationalisation and attribute development were adopted in developing the tool for estimating adaptation costs to climate change. The tool is composed of three evaluation tools and three adaptation costs equations for the pre-, during- and post-adaptation phases, a total adaptation costs equation and a Summated Rating Scale for sustainability of adaptation activities. The tool is user-friendly, relatively easy to use, can be interpreted easily and modified to suit different smallholder farmers. It is hoped that the tool will assist smallholder maize farmers to consider all factors of critical importance before implementing adaptation plans and ensure reduced adaptation costs while enhancing sustainability.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2022.947308/fulladaptation costsadaptation processmaizesmallholder farmerssustainable adaptation |
| spellingShingle | Dumisani Shoko Kori Edmore Kori Towards sustainable adaptation: A tool for estimating adaptation costs to climate change for smallholder farmers Frontiers in Climate adaptation costs adaptation process maize smallholder farmers sustainable adaptation |
| title | Towards sustainable adaptation: A tool for estimating adaptation costs to climate change for smallholder farmers |
| title_full | Towards sustainable adaptation: A tool for estimating adaptation costs to climate change for smallholder farmers |
| title_fullStr | Towards sustainable adaptation: A tool for estimating adaptation costs to climate change for smallholder farmers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards sustainable adaptation: A tool for estimating adaptation costs to climate change for smallholder farmers |
| title_short | Towards sustainable adaptation: A tool for estimating adaptation costs to climate change for smallholder farmers |
| title_sort | towards sustainable adaptation a tool for estimating adaptation costs to climate change for smallholder farmers |
| topic | adaptation costs adaptation process maize smallholder farmers sustainable adaptation |
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