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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
An interdisciplinary framework of limits and barriers to climate change adaptation in agriculture
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| Autores: |
Kolikow, Steven
Kragt, Marit Ellen
Mugera, Amin W.
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| Data: |
2012-02-10
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| Ano: |
2012
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| Palavras-chave: |
Adaptation
Agriculture
Australia
Broad-acre Farming
Conceptual Modelling
Climate Change
Epistemology
Interdisciplinary Research
Crop Production/Industries
Environmental Economics and Policy
Farm Management
Q12
Q54
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| Resumo: |
This paper has been published in a peer-reviewed conference as: Kragt, M.E., Mugera, A. & Kolikow, S. (2013) An interdisciplinary framework of limits and barriers to agricultural climate change adaptation. In: Piantadosi, J., Anderssen, R.S. & Boland J. (Eds) MODSIM2013, 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, Adelaide, 1-6 December 2013, pp. 593–599. ISBN: 978-0-9872143-3-1. Session B2: http://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim2013/B2/kragt.pdf
Farmers need to undertake adaptive action to protect their livelihoods from the impacts of climate change. There is an emerging discourse about existing limits (absolute obstacles) and barriers (mutable obstacles) to climate change adaptation. Given the complex, multifaceted nature of climate change, interdisciplinary research is the most effective way to improve understanding of these obstacles. However, the success of multi-disciplinary projects tends to be hindered by a lack of common definition of limits and barriers. There exists no agreed framework that integrates the different understandings of limits and barriers to agricultural adaptation. In this study, we develop an interdisciplinary framework of limits and barriers to climate change adaptation in Western Australian broad-acre farming. The framework incorporates biophysical, technological, and socio-economic factors. We show how farmers' personal characteristics and the socio-institutional context within which farmers act contribute to limits and barriers. The study revealed important differences on how various research disciplines understand limits and barriers to adaptation. The framework developed will guide future integrative projects around the epistemological challenges that are typically encountered in multi-disciplinary research. We discuss the greatest knowledge gaps that limit our understanding of limit and barriers, and suggest areas where policy efforts should be focused to help farmers adapt to climate change.
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Working Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/120467
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| Relação: |
University of Western Australia, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics>Working Papers
Working Paper
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| Formato: |
23
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