Awareness of Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in Agriculture – The Case of Albania
The Albanian agriculture sector is deeply affected by climate change. To cope with climate change, it is necessary to understand its consequences. The views of agriculture extension service experts are crucial in improving farmers’ understanding and resilience, especially when farming practices are...
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| author | Zhllima Edvin Imami Drini Nam Jiyoung Shoshi Pjerin Gjika Irena |
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| description | The Albanian agriculture sector is deeply affected by climate change. To cope with climate change, it is necessary to understand its consequences. The views of agriculture extension service experts are crucial in improving farmers’ understanding and resilience, especially when farming practices are poorly adapted to the changing climate. This paper analyses the risks from climate change and the adaptive capacity of farmers based on an expert evaluation survey. The respondents identified prolongation of drought durations, rising temperatures, above-average occurrences of floods, pre-seasonal rainfall and frost as primary risks during recent years. Extension experts view a high (negative) impact from climate change through processes such as increased plant diseases occurrence, increased exposure to rodents, harmful insects and pests for plants and livestock, as well as forest and pasture degradation. The paper also provides experts’ opinions on the policy implications, such as considerations about adaptation strategies towards climate change. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-891236a9ca9b4702bfaa1ed1cb41bfbd2023-02-05T18:49:21ZengSciendoEuropean Countryside1803-84172022-12-0114460462210.2478/euco-2022-0030Awareness of Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in Agriculture – The Case of AlbaniaZhllima Edvin0Imami Drini1Nam Jiyoung2Shoshi Pjerin3Gjika Irena4Agricultural University of Tirana, Albania and CERGE EI, Czech RepublicAgricultural University of Tirana, Albania, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague and CERGE EI, Czech RepublicFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, AlbaniaUniversity POLIS, Tirana, AlbaniaUniversidad Politecnica de CartagenaThe Albanian agriculture sector is deeply affected by climate change. To cope with climate change, it is necessary to understand its consequences. The views of agriculture extension service experts are crucial in improving farmers’ understanding and resilience, especially when farming practices are poorly adapted to the changing climate. This paper analyses the risks from climate change and the adaptive capacity of farmers based on an expert evaluation survey. The respondents identified prolongation of drought durations, rising temperatures, above-average occurrences of floods, pre-seasonal rainfall and frost as primary risks during recent years. Extension experts view a high (negative) impact from climate change through processes such as increased plant diseases occurrence, increased exposure to rodents, harmful insects and pests for plants and livestock, as well as forest and pasture degradation. The paper also provides experts’ opinions on the policy implications, such as considerations about adaptation strategies towards climate change.https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2022-0030climate changeagriculture extension serviceagriculturemediterraneanalbania |
| spellingShingle | Zhllima Edvin Imami Drini Nam Jiyoung Shoshi Pjerin Gjika Irena Awareness of Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in Agriculture – The Case of Albania European Countryside climate change agriculture extension service agriculture mediterranean albania |
| title | Awareness of Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in Agriculture – The Case of Albania |
| title_full | Awareness of Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in Agriculture – The Case of Albania |
| title_fullStr | Awareness of Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in Agriculture – The Case of Albania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Awareness of Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in Agriculture – The Case of Albania |
| title_short | Awareness of Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in Agriculture – The Case of Albania |
| title_sort | awareness of climate change impact and adaptation in agriculture the case of albania |
| topic | climate change agriculture extension service agriculture mediterranean albania |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2022-0030 |
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