干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Agro-pastoralists' perception of climate change and adaptation in the Qilian Mountains of northwest China

Arid

DOI	10.1038/s41598-022-17040-2
	Agro-pastoralists' perception of climate change and adaptation in the Qilian Mountains of northwest China
	Xie, Shuntao; Ding, Wenguang; Ye, Weifeng; Deng, Zhe
通讯作者	Ding, WG
来源期刊	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
ISSN	2045-2322
出版年	2022
卷号	12 期号:1
英文摘要	Global climate change affects all aspects of human society, especially agricultural and animal husbandry production. Northwest China has been detrimentally affected by the climatic variations due to its high exposure to extreme climatic events. A number of studies have reported agro-pastoralists' perceptions and adaptation responses to climate change, but the current knowledge of agro-pastoralists' perceptions of climate change in China are insufficient. To fill this research gap, this study aims to investigate the perception level of agro-pastoralists in Northwest China on climate change and related factors. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire based on household surveys of 554 study participants in four counties in Gansu Province, China. Raw data were collected using stratified random sampling. A probit model was used to analyze the respondents' understanding of climate change and its related socio-economic and demographic variables. Our results show that the majority of respondents were aware (70%) of the changes in temperature and precipitation. Socioeconomic and demographic variables such as gender, farming experience, education level, cultivated land size, agricultural income, livestock, village cadre experience, access to weather information of agro-pastoralists are pertinently related to agro-pastoralists' awareness of climate change. Farming experience, education level, household size, grassland size, agricultural income, association membership, village cadre experience has a high impact on agro-pastoralists' adaptation to climate change. The results of this study will help guide government agencies and decision makers, and help arid and semi-arid areas to build sustainable adaptation measures under the framework of climate change. The study recommends institutions targeting households' livelihood improvement and making decisions concerning climate change adaptation need to focus on mass media and information technology, improving locally adapted extension services, improved irrigation, expand loan channels.
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold, Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000830116000063
WOS关键词	FARMERS PERCEPTIONS ; CROP MANAGEMENT ; PASTORAL AREAS ; BOTTOM-UP ; IMPACTS ; VARIABILITY ; STRATEGIES ; DETERMINANTS ; GROWTH ; PUNJAB
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/394439
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xie, Shuntao,Ding, Wenguang,Ye, Weifeng,et al. Agro-pastoralists' perception of climate change and adaptation in the Qilian Mountains of northwest China[J],2022,12(1).
APA	Xie, Shuntao,Ding, Wenguang,Ye, Weifeng,&Deng, Zhe.(2022).Agro-pastoralists' perception of climate change and adaptation in the Qilian Mountains of northwest China.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,12(1).
MLA	Xie, Shuntao,et al."Agro-pastoralists' perception of climate change and adaptation in the Qilian Mountains of northwest China".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 12.1(2022).