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DOI	10.3390/agriculture10070253
	Farmers' Beliefs and Concerns about Climate Change: An Assessment from Southern Saudi Arabia
	Alotaibi, Bader Alhafi; Kassem, Hazem S.; Nayak, Roshan K.; Muddassir, Muhammad
通讯作者	Alotaibi, BA
来源期刊	AGRICULTURE-BASEL
EISSN	2077-0472
出版年	2020
卷号	10 期号:7
英文摘要	Climate change constitutes a major threat to agricultural production, food security, and natural resource management. Saudi Arabia is particularly susceptible to increasing temperatures and extreme climatic events, such as arid weather and drought. The purpose of this study is to assess farmers' beliefs and concerns as regards climate change. Extensive interviews were conducted with 164 farmers in the Jazan region. Results revealed that 89.6% of the farmers believed that climate change is due to human activities and 93.3% believed that it is because of natural change. Seventy-five percent of the farmers were concerned about insects and 73% about the prevalence of weeds on their farms. Findings of cluster analysis revealed that farmers who are more likely to believe in climate change are more in agreement with the role of extension services in capacity building. Farmers' beliefs about climate change were significantly influenced by membership of agricultural cooperatives, access to loans, use of extension services, age, farm size, and level of soil fertility. Access to loans was the only significant factor to explain the differences in farmers' concerns. These results suggest the need for capacity-building activities targeted at improving farmers' adaptability to manage climate variability.
英文关键词	beliefs concern climate change farmers capacity-building Saudi Arabia
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000554238500001
WOS关键词	RISK PERCEPTIONS ; ADAPTATION
WOS类目	Agronomy
WOS研究方向	Agriculture
来源机构	King Saud University
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/325317
作者单位	[Alotaibi, Bader Alhafi; Kassem, Hazem S.; Muddassir, Muhammad] King Saud Univ, Dept Agr Extens & Rural Soc, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; [Kassem, Hazem S.] Mansoura Univ, Dept Agr Extens & Rural Soc, Mansoura 35516, Egypt; [Nayak, Roshan K.] Univ Calif Agr & Nat Resources, Calif Fdn 4H, Davis, CA 95616 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Alotaibi, Bader Alhafi,Kassem, Hazem S.,Nayak, Roshan K.,et al. Farmers' Beliefs and Concerns about Climate Change: An Assessment from Southern Saudi Arabia[J]. King Saud University,2020,10(7).
APA	Alotaibi, Bader Alhafi,Kassem, Hazem S.,Nayak, Roshan K.,&Muddassir, Muhammad.(2020).Farmers' Beliefs and Concerns about Climate Change: An Assessment from Southern Saudi Arabia.AGRICULTURE-BASEL,10(7).
MLA	Alotaibi, Bader Alhafi,et al."Farmers' Beliefs and Concerns about Climate Change: An Assessment from Southern Saudi Arabia".AGRICULTURE-BASEL 10.7(2020).