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This paper uses a case study from the Canadian Maritime provinces (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island) to consider agricultural adaptation strategies developed by small-scale vegetable farmers, focusing on their interactions with government support initiatives. Farmers (n=40)...
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Government. 120 smallholders and subsistence farmers were selected for the survey. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive …
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This study examines the views of smallholder farmers about the causes of climate change, the effects of human activities on the climate and its implications for farming and livelihoods in three villages in the Adaklu District of the Volta region of rural Ghana. Data were collected from a...
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Biodiversity and sustainable income are very necessary in ecosystem stability. The food value chain (FVC) introduced in Nigeria to transform agriculture is commendable because through the system farmers receive various incentives as highly subsidized inputs from government and loans of low...
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Indicator-based frameworks have been widely used in vulnerability analysis to understand vulnerability to climate variability and change. This study examines the socio-economic vulnerability of farmers exposed to drought conditions and climate variability in one of the highly vulnerable state...
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This study was aimed at Smallholder farmers’ adaptation strategies to the effect of climate change and vulnerability in Gelana Woreda, Oromia region, Ethiopia. A total of 156 households were sampled using random sampling methods. A household questionnaire survey, focus group discussions, key...
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This study analysed worldviews of climate variability among smallholder farm households in the Kasena Nankana area of the Upper East Region of Ghana. It relied on a mixed method approach consisting of focus group discussions, key informant interviews and a questionnaire administered to 373...
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