Farmers’ perceptions, awareness, attitudes and adaption behaviour towards climate change

Using responses from a questionnaire survey conducted on a sample of 400 rice farmers from Kedah in Malaysia, this article examines rice farmers’ perception, awareness, attitudes and adaptation behaviours towards mitigating climate change. The data collected was analysed using structural equatio...

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Main Authors: Akhtar, Rulia, Afroza, Rafia, Masud, Muhammad Mehedi, Rahman, Mahfuzur, Khalid, Haniza, Duasa, Jarita
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spelling my.iium.irep.640412019-06-24T08:23:54Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/64041/ Farmers’ perceptions, awareness, attitudes and adaption behaviour towards climate change Akhtar, Rulia Afroza, Rafia Masud, Muhammad Mehedi Rahman, Mahfuzur Khalid, Haniza Duasa, Jarita H Social Sciences (General) Using responses from a questionnaire survey conducted on a sample of 400 rice farmers from Kedah in Malaysia, this article examines rice farmers’ perception, awareness, attitudes and adaptation behaviours towards mitigating climate change. The data collected was analysed using structural equation modelling. The findings of this study show that 84% of the respondents perceive a decrease in rainfall, while 75% perceive an increase in temperature over the last 10–15 years due to climate change. The study also finds a significant and positive association between farmers’ perception of climate change, awareness (AWN), attitudes (ATT) and adaptation behaviour (ADB). Furthermore, the results reveal that awareness and attitudes play a mediating role between perception and adaptation behaviour. The findings could be useful to public and private organizations in learning more about farmers’ perceptions and adaptation behaviour in developing a policy framework to reduce adverse effects of climate change. Taylor & Francis 2018-05-27 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/64041/1/64041_Farmers%20perceptions%20awareness%20attitudes%20and%20adaption%20behaviour_ARTICLE.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/64041/3/64041%20Farmers%27%20perceptions%2C%20awareness%2C%20attitudes%20and%20adaption%20behaviour%20towards%20climate%20change_wos.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/64041/19/64041_Farmers%E2%80%99%20perceptions%2C%20awareness%2C%20attitudes_SCOPUS.pdf Akhtar, Rulia and Afroza, Rafia and Masud, Muhammad Mehedi and Rahman, Mahfuzur and Khalid, Haniza and Duasa, Jarita (2018) Farmers’ perceptions, awareness, attitudes and adaption behaviour towards climate change. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy. ISSN 1354-7860 (In Press) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13547860.2018.1442149?journalCode=rjap20 10.1080/13547860.2018.1442149
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Akhtar, Rulia
Afroza, Rafia
Masud, Muhammad Mehedi
Rahman, Mahfuzur
Khalid, Haniza
Duasa, Jarita
Farmers’ perceptions, awareness, attitudes and adaption behaviour towards climate change
description Using responses from a questionnaire survey conducted on a sample of 400 rice farmers from Kedah in Malaysia, this article examines rice farmers’ perception, awareness, attitudes and adaptation behaviours towards mitigating climate change. The data collected was analysed using structural equation modelling. The findings of this study show that 84% of the respondents perceive a decrease in rainfall, while 75% perceive an increase in temperature over the last 10–15 years due to climate change. The study also finds a significant and positive association between farmers’ perception of climate change, awareness (AWN), attitudes (ATT) and adaptation behaviour (ADB). Furthermore, the results reveal that awareness and attitudes play a mediating role between perception and adaptation behaviour. The findings could be useful to public and private organizations in learning more about farmers’ perceptions and adaptation behaviour in developing a policy framework to reduce adverse effects of climate change.
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author Akhtar, Rulia
Afroza, Rafia
Masud, Muhammad Mehedi
Rahman, Mahfuzur
Khalid, Haniza
Duasa, Jarita
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Afroza, Rafia
Masud, Muhammad Mehedi
Rahman, Mahfuzur
Khalid, Haniza
Duasa, Jarita
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title Farmers’ perceptions, awareness, attitudes and adaption behaviour towards climate change
title_short Farmers’ perceptions, awareness, attitudes and adaption behaviour towards climate change
title_full Farmers’ perceptions, awareness, attitudes and adaption behaviour towards climate change
title_fullStr Farmers’ perceptions, awareness, attitudes and adaption behaviour towards climate change
title_full_unstemmed Farmers’ perceptions, awareness, attitudes and adaption behaviour towards climate change
title_sort farmers’ perceptions, awareness, attitudes and adaption behaviour towards climate change
publisher Taylor & Francis
publishDate 2018
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