Adapting cropping systems to climate change in Nepal: a cross-regional study of farmers' perception and practices

Manandhar Sujata, Schmidt Vogt Dietrich, Perret Sylvain, Kazama Futaba. 2011. Adapting cropping systems to climate change in Nepal: a cross-regional study of farmers' perception and practices. Regional Environmental Change, 11 (2) : 335-348.

Quartile : Q1, Sujet : ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES / Quartile : Q1, Sujet : ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

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Thème(s) HCERES des revues (en SHS) : Géographie-Aménagement-Urbanisme-Architecture

Résumé : Climate change is a global challenge that has a particularly strong effect on developing countries such as Nepal, where adaptive capacity is low and where agriculture, which is highly dependent on climatic factors, is the main source of income for the majority of people. The nature and extent of the effects of climate change on rural livelihoods varies across Nepal in accordance with its highly diverse environmental conditions. In order to capture some of this variability, a comparative study was performed in two different ecological regions: Terai (lowland) and Mountain (upland) in the western development region of Nepal. The study focuses on perceptions of, and on adaptations to climate change by farmers. Information was collected from both primary and secondary data sources. Climate data were analyzed through trend analysis. Results show that most farmers perceive climate change acutely and respond to it, based on their own indigenous knowledge and experiences, through both agricultural and non-agricultural adaptations at an individual level. The study also shows that there is a need to go beyond the individual level, and to plan and provide support for appropriate technologies and strategies in order to cope with the expected increasing impacts of climate change.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : changement climatique, agriculteur, adaptation, système de culture

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Népal

Classification Agris : P40 - Météorologie et climatologie
F01 - Culture des plantes
E50 - Sociologie rurale

Champ stratégique Cirad : Axe 1 (2005-2013) - Intensification écologique

Auteurs et affiliations

• Manandhar Sujata, University of Yamanashi (JPN)
• Schmidt Vogt Dietrich, CAS (CHN)
• Perret Sylvain, CIRAD-ES-UMR G-EAU (THA) ORCID: 0000-0002-8411-3656
• Kazama Futaba, University of Yamanashi (JPN)

Source : Cirad - Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/560312/)

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