Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies of agriculture in Mediterranean-climate regions (MCRs)

A del Pozo, N Brunel-Saldias, A Engler… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
The world's five Mediterranean-climate regions (MCRs) share unique climatic regimes of
mild, wet winters and warm and dry summers. Agriculture in these regions is threatened by …

Variations in technical efficiency of farmers with distinct land size across agro-climatic zones: Evidence from India

V Dagar, MK Khan, R Alvarado, M Usman… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper attempts to analyze the variations in technical efficiency of the individual farmers
of distinct (small, medium and large) size of land holdings and different types (family and …

Smallholder farmers' adaptation to climate change and its potential contribution to UN's sustainable development goals of zero hunger and no poverty

U Khanal, C Wilson, S Rahman, BL Lee… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate change is likely to worsen poverty, and agriculture-dependent groups and poorest
countries are at the greatest risk. Farmers' have begun developing and implementing …

Heterogenous factors of adoption of agricultural technologies in West and East Africa countries: A review

Z Oyetunde-Usman - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022 - frontiersin.org
This review brings to light, extensive body of research on the evolvement of agricultural
technology in Sub-Saharan Africa with focus on adoption studies in West and East Africa …

Farm households' adoption of climate-smart practices in subsistence agriculture: Evidence from Northern Togo

E Ali - Environmental Management, 2021 - Springer
Climate change (CC) effects on agriculture development and households' vulnerability are
widely recognized. Being aware of the induced effects of climatic risks, farmers have …

Evaluating input use efficiency in agriculture through a stochastic frontier production: An application on a case study in Apulia (Italy)

I Benedetti, G Branca, R Zucaro - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Water is considered the most critical resource for sustainable agricultural development
worldwide. Water scarcity has become an issue, especially in arid and semi-arid areas …

Climate change adaptation strategies and food productivity in Nepal: a counterfactual analysis

U Khanal, C Wilson, BL Lee, VN Hoang - Climatic change, 2018 - Springer
It is widely accepted that climate change is having significant effects on global agriculture.
However, the precise impacts depend to a large degree on the nature of adaptations which …

Linking climate change adaptation practices with farm technical efficiency and fertilizer use: A study of wheat–maize mix cropping zone of Punjab province, Pakistan

P Shahbaz, S Haq, I Boz - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022 - Springer
Climate change is a serious threat to global agriculture and the farming community is well
aware of this challenge. This is the first empirical study that looks beyond the traditional …

Effects of climate adaptation on technical efficiency of maize production in Northern Ghana

W Adzawla, H Alhassan - Agricultural and Food Economics, 2021 - Springer
Climate adaptation is an essential strategy for responding to climate change at local levels
and required for sustainable food production to meet the growing food demand. In this light …

The impacts of climate induced disasters on the economy: Winners and losers in Sri Lanka

S Weerasekara, C Wilson, B Lee, VN Hoang… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper examines the economic impact of climate induced disasters on Sri Lanka's
agricultural, industrial and services sectors and their subsectors. In doing so, it seeks to …