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| Senaratne, Athula; Scarborough, Helen. |
| Climate change introduces numerous uncertainties over the livelihoods of farming communities that depend heavily on weather and climate. Rain-fed farmers in developing countries are among the most vulnerable communities. However, climate risks are not new to farmers. Coping with ‘natural variability’ of climate has been a constant challenge faced by farmers even though broad sweeping change in climate due to anthropogenic causes is a relatively new prospect. Some argue ‘climate change’ could be significantly different from ‘climatic variability’ known to and experienced by farmers. In spite of this it is widely accepted that understanding farmers’ behavior towards adapting to climatic variability could generate useful insights in facing the risk of climate... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Adaptation; Climatic variability; Village tanks; Climate change; Rain-fed farmer; Environmental Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100707 |
