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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 451-480 |
| Number of pages | 30 |
| Journal | Climatic change |
| Volume | 163 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 11 Oct 2020 |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2020 |
Abstract
This article examines the impact of farmers’ perceptions of temperature change on implementing environmentally friendly agriculture practices on rubber plantations. Based on the data collected from 611 smallholder rubber farmers in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture (XSBN) in the upper Mekong region, an endogenous switching probit model and an endogenous treatment effects model are applied to estimate the impacts of farmers’ perceptions of temperature change on implementing environmentally friendly rubber plantations (EFRP) proxied by the intercropping system. While the real annual average temperature in XSBN has been increasing, only 59% of respondents perceived an increasing trend, whereas over 38% perceived no change. Farmers’ perceptions of temperature change appear to hinge on their education and socioeconomic characteristics and the experience of shocks related to regional climate change. Improving farmers’ perceptions of increasing temperature can significantly foster their practice of EFRP. Hence, policies that promote awareness of regional climate change can effectively encourage the implementation of mitigation practices.
Keywords
- Endogenous switching probit model, Environmentally friendly agriculture, Rubber intercropping, Temperature change
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Science(all)
- Global and Planetary Change
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
- Atmospheric Science
Sustainable Development Goals
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In: Climatic change, Vol. 163, No. 1, 11.2020, p. 451-480.
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T1 - Climate change and farmers’ perceptions
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AU - Min, Shi
AU - Wang, Xiaobing
AU - Jin, Shaoze
AU - Waibel, Hermann
AU - Huang, Jikun
N1 - Funding Information: This study was conducted in the framework of the Sino-German “SURUMER Project” funded by the Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Technologie und Forschung (BMBF), FKZ: 01LL0919. This work was also supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (71761137002; 71673008; 71742002; 71603247).
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