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DOI	10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102435
	Complexities of drought adaptive behaviour: Linking theory to data on smallholder farmer adaptation decisions
	Wens, Marthe L. K.; Mwangi, Moses N.; van Loon, Anne F.; Aerts, Jeroen C. J. H.
通讯作者	Wens, MLK (corresponding author), Boelelaan 1111, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands.
来源期刊	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
ISSN	2212-4209
出版年	2021
卷号	63
英文摘要	Smallholder farmers in semi-arid regions continuously face drought risk, leading to recurring crop damage, income loss and food insecurity, and they are taking adaptive measures to cope with this risk. By comparing and combining empirical data and existing behavioural theories, we studied the complexity of smallholder farmers' adaptive behaviour in Kitui, Kenya. We conducted interviews with key informants, a survey of disaster managers and an extensive questionnaire and choice experiment among local smallholders, and found that mistrust in forecasting and a strong belief in God appeared to be barriers to adaptation, while farm groups and past adaptation decisions seemed to stimulate the intention to adopt new measures. Our results confirmed the importance of several components of existing bounded rational theories in that risk appraisal, social norm, selfefficacy and response cost and efficacy significantly influence adaptive behaviour under drought risk. However, none of the evaluate theories could fully explain the observed behaviour. We further demonstrated that tailored extension services, improved early warning systems, ex-ante cash aid and low interest credit schemes increase the intention to adapt. While a general aversion to the current situation was evident, there was great heterogeneity in the preferences for these policies. Findings of this the extensive data collection and analysis can be used to identify the most vulnerable groups and develop well-targeted adaptation policies, and for designing, calibrating and validating of utility functions to model heterogeneous adjustment decisions in dynamic drought risk models.
英文关键词	Adaptive behaviour Disaster risk reduction Protection motivation theory Theory of planned behaviour Expected utility theory Smallholder farmers Adaptation decisions Drought risk Kenya
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	hybrid
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000688624600004
WOS关键词	CLIMATE-CHANGE ADAPTATION ; SMALL-SCALE FARMERS ; PROTECTION MOTIVATION ; CHOICE EXPERIMENT ; PLANNED BEHAVIOR ; MAKUENI DISTRICT ; PROSPECT-THEORY ; OKANAGAN BASIN ; MEKONG DELTA ; RISK
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences ; Water Resources
WOS研究方向	Geology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences ; Water Resources
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/363630
作者单位	[Wens, Marthe L. K.; van Loon, Anne F.; Aerts, Jeroen C. J. H.] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Inst Environm Studies, Dept Water & Climate Risk, Amsterdam, Netherlands; [Mwangi, Moses N.] South Eastern Kenya Univ, Sch Environm Water & Nat Resources Management, Kitui, Kenya
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wens, Marthe L. K.,Mwangi, Moses N.,van Loon, Anne F.,et al. Complexities of drought adaptive behaviour: Linking theory to data on smallholder farmer adaptation decisions[J],2021,63.
APA	Wens, Marthe L. K.,Mwangi, Moses N.,van Loon, Anne F.,&Aerts, Jeroen C. J. H..(2021).Complexities of drought adaptive behaviour: Linking theory to data on smallholder farmer adaptation decisions.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION,63.
MLA	Wens, Marthe L. K.,et al."Complexities of drought adaptive behaviour: Linking theory to data on smallholder farmer adaptation decisions".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION 63(2021).