Crop Diversification in Coping with Extreme Weather Events in China
Apart from the long-term effects of climate change, the frequency and severity of extreme weather events have been increasing. Given the risks posed by climate change, particularly the changes in extreme weather events, the question of how to adapt to these changes and mitigate their negative impact...
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| description | Apart from the long-term effects of climate change, the frequency and severity of extreme weather events have been increasing. Given the risks posed by climate change, particularly the changes in extreme weather events, the question of how to adapt to these changes and mitigate their negative impacts has received great attention from policy makers. The overall goals of this study are to examine whether farmers adapt to extreme weather events through crop diversification and which factors influence farmers' decisions on crop diversification against extreme weather events in China. To limit the scope of this study, we focus on drought and flood events only. Based on a unique large-scale household survey in nine provinces, this study finds that farmers respond to extreme weather events by increasing crop diversification. Their decision to diversify crops is significantly influenced by their experiences of extreme weather events in the previous year. Such results are understandable because farmers' behaviors are normally based on their expectations. Moreover, household characteristics also affect farmers' decisions on crop diversification strategy, and their effects differ by farmers' age and gender. This paper concludes with several policy implications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7483c08942f74482b13b3c24d485211c2022-12-21T18:45:05ZengElsevierJournal of Integrative Agriculture2095-31192014-04-01134677686Crop Diversification in Coping with Extreme Weather Events in ChinaJi-kun HUANG0Jing JIANG1Jin-xia WANG2Ling-ling HOU3Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P.R.China; Correspondence HUANG Ji-kun, Tel: +86-10-64889440, Fax: +86-10-64856533Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P.R.China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R.ChinaCenter for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P.R.ChinaCenter for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P.R.ChinaApart from the long-term effects of climate change, the frequency and severity of extreme weather events have been increasing. Given the risks posed by climate change, particularly the changes in extreme weather events, the question of how to adapt to these changes and mitigate their negative impacts has received great attention from policy makers. The overall goals of this study are to examine whether farmers adapt to extreme weather events through crop diversification and which factors influence farmers' decisions on crop diversification against extreme weather events in China. To limit the scope of this study, we focus on drought and flood events only. Based on a unique large-scale household survey in nine provinces, this study finds that farmers respond to extreme weather events by increasing crop diversification. Their decision to diversify crops is significantly influenced by their experiences of extreme weather events in the previous year. Such results are understandable because farmers' behaviors are normally based on their expectations. Moreover, household characteristics also affect farmers' decisions on crop diversification strategy, and their effects differ by farmers' age and gender. This paper concludes with several policy implications.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311913607005adaptationextreme weather eventclimate changecrop diversificationfarmer |
| spellingShingle | Ji-kun HUANG Jing JIANG Jin-xia WANG Ling-ling HOU Crop Diversification in Coping with Extreme Weather Events in China Journal of Integrative Agriculture adaptation extreme weather event climate change crop diversification farmer |
| title | Crop Diversification in Coping with Extreme Weather Events in China |
| title_full | Crop Diversification in Coping with Extreme Weather Events in China |
| title_fullStr | Crop Diversification in Coping with Extreme Weather Events in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Crop Diversification in Coping with Extreme Weather Events in China |
| title_short | Crop Diversification in Coping with Extreme Weather Events in China |
| title_sort | crop diversification in coping with extreme weather events in china |
| topic | adaptation extreme weather event climate change crop diversification farmer |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311913607005 |
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