A Systematic Review on Farmers’ Adaptation Strategies in Pakistan toward Climate Change
Pakistan is among the countries that are highly vulnerable to climate change. The country has experienced severe floods and droughts during recent decades. The agricultural sector in Pakistan is adversely affected by climate change. This systematic review paper set out to analyze the existing litera...
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| author | Naeem Saddique Muhammad Jehanzaib Abid Sarwar Ehtesham Ahmed Muhammad Muzammil Muhammad Imran Khan Muhammad Faheem Noman Ali Buttar Sikandar Ali Christian Bernhofer |
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| description | Pakistan is among the countries that are highly vulnerable to climate change. The country has experienced severe floods and droughts during recent decades. The agricultural sector in Pakistan is adversely affected by climate change. This systematic review paper set out to analyze the existing literature on adaptation measures at the farm level toward climate change in Pakistan. Adopting a Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) method, a total of 62 articles were identified from the Web of Science and Scopus databases. The review paper indicates that the main adaptation strategies adopted by farmers are as follows: changing cropping practices, changing farm management techniques, advanced land use management practices, and nonagriculture livelihood options. Further, this review shows the factors influencing the farmer’s adaptation measures to climate change. Influencing factors were examined and classified into three groups: demographic, socioeconomic, and resources and institutional. Barriers hindering farmers’ adaptive capacity were identified as lack of access to information and knowledge, lack of access to extension services, lack of access to credit facility, and lack of farm resources. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b132f3ba404f4e5dbe40c8612809415e2023-12-03T13:19:35ZengMDPI AGAtmosphere2073-44332022-08-01138128010.3390/atmos13081280A Systematic Review on Farmers’ Adaptation Strategies in Pakistan toward Climate ChangeNaeem Saddique0Muhammad Jehanzaib1Abid Sarwar2Ehtesham Ahmed3Muhammad Muzammil4Muhammad Imran Khan5Muhammad Faheem6Noman Ali Buttar7Sikandar Ali8Christian Bernhofer9Department of Irrigation and Drainage, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, PakistanInstitute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Science, 01-452 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Irrigation and Drainage, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, PakistanInstitute of Urban and Industrial Water Management, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, GermanyDepartment of Irrigation and Drainage, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, PakistanDepartment of Irrigation and Drainage, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, PakistanDepartment of Farm Machinery and Power, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, PakistanDepartment of Agricultural Engineering, Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan 64200, PakistanDepartment of Irrigation and Drainage, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, PakistanInstitute of Hydrology and Meteorology, Technische Universität Dresden, 01737 Tharandt, GermanyPakistan is among the countries that are highly vulnerable to climate change. The country has experienced severe floods and droughts during recent decades. The agricultural sector in Pakistan is adversely affected by climate change. This systematic review paper set out to analyze the existing literature on adaptation measures at the farm level toward climate change in Pakistan. Adopting a Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) method, a total of 62 articles were identified from the Web of Science and Scopus databases. The review paper indicates that the main adaptation strategies adopted by farmers are as follows: changing cropping practices, changing farm management techniques, advanced land use management practices, and nonagriculture livelihood options. Further, this review shows the factors influencing the farmer’s adaptation measures to climate change. Influencing factors were examined and classified into three groups: demographic, socioeconomic, and resources and institutional. Barriers hindering farmers’ adaptive capacity were identified as lack of access to information and knowledge, lack of access to extension services, lack of access to credit facility, and lack of farm resources.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/13/8/1280Pakistanclimate variabilityadaptation measuresagriculturecropping practicessocioeconomic |
| spellingShingle | Naeem Saddique Muhammad Jehanzaib Abid Sarwar Ehtesham Ahmed Muhammad Muzammil Muhammad Imran Khan Muhammad Faheem Noman Ali Buttar Sikandar Ali Christian Bernhofer A Systematic Review on Farmers’ Adaptation Strategies in Pakistan toward Climate Change Atmosphere Pakistan climate variability adaptation measures agriculture cropping practices socioeconomic |
| title | A Systematic Review on Farmers’ Adaptation Strategies in Pakistan toward Climate Change |
| title_full | A Systematic Review on Farmers’ Adaptation Strategies in Pakistan toward Climate Change |
| title_fullStr | A Systematic Review on Farmers’ Adaptation Strategies in Pakistan toward Climate Change |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Systematic Review on Farmers’ Adaptation Strategies in Pakistan toward Climate Change |
| title_short | A Systematic Review on Farmers’ Adaptation Strategies in Pakistan toward Climate Change |
| title_sort | systematic review on farmers adaptation strategies in pakistan toward climate change |
| topic | Pakistan climate variability adaptation measures agriculture cropping practices socioeconomic |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/13/8/1280 |
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