Policy support, social capital, and farmers' adaptation to drought in China
文献类型：期刊论文
| 作者 | Chen H. ; Wang J. X. ; Huang J. K. |
| 刊名 | Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions
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| 出版日期 | 2014 |
| 卷号 | 24页码:193-202 |
| 关键词 | Drought Adaptation measures Policy support Social capital China climate-change north shaanxi guanxi |
| ISSN号 | 0959-3780 |
| 英文摘要 | Increasingly severe drought has not only threatened food security but also resulted in massive socioeconomic losses. In the face of increasingly serious drought conditions, the question of how to mitigate its impacts through appropriate measures has received great attention. The overall goal of this study is to examine the influence of policies and social capital on farmers' decisions to adopt adaptation measures against drought. The study is based on a large-scale household and village survey conducted in six provinces nationwide. The survey results show that 86% of rural households have taken adaptive measures to protect crop production against drought, most of which are non-engineering measures. In the case of non-engineering measures, changing agricultural production inputs and adjusting seeding or harvesting dates are two popular options. A multivariate regression analysis reveals that government policy support against drought such as releasing early warning information and post-disaster services, technical assistance, financial and physical supports have significantly improved farmers' ability to adapt to drought. However, since only 5% of villages benefited from such supports, the government in China still has significant room to implement these assistances. Moreover, having a higher level of social capital in a farm household significantly increases their adaptation capacity against drought. Therefore, the government should pay particular attention to the farming communities, and farmers within a community who have a low level of social capital. Finally, farmers' ability to adapt to drought is also associated with the characteristics of their households and local communities. The results of this study also have implications for national adaptation plans for agriculture under climate change in other developing countries. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 公开日期 | 2014-12-24 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/29952]  |
| 专题 | 地理科学与资源研究所_研究生部 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Chen H.,Wang J. X.,Huang J. K.. Policy support, social capital, and farmers' adaptation to drought in China[J]. Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions,2014,24:193-202. |
| APA | Chen H.,Wang J. X.,&Huang J. K..(2014).Policy support, social capital, and farmers' adaptation to drought in China.Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions,24,193-202. |
| MLA | Chen H.,et al."Policy support, social capital, and farmers' adaptation to drought in China".Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions 24(2014):193-202. |
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