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- Title
Perceptions and Responses of Farmers to Climate Change in the Tropical Region of Nepal.
- Authors
Tiwari, Ujjal; Bauer, Siegfried
- Abstract
This study explores the farmers’ understandings and experiences of climate change. Information was collected through focus group discussions and a household survey in three districts (Banke, Chitwan, and Morang) of Nepal. Farmers have perceived climate change as increased variability of rainfall, increased temperature, increased drought frequency and period, changes in monsoon time, reduction of annual rainfall, decreased rainfall frequency and duration per event, decreased winter rainfall, and increased frequency of erratic rainfall. The significant effects of climate change include limited water availability, decreasing soil moisture, high fluctuation in crop yield, increased incidence of pests and diseases, existence of unidentified pests, emergence of new plant species, environmental pollution, high risk in fish farming, reduced livestock health, decreasing earthworm population, shortening life cycle of crops, low fruiting in fruit trees, fruits cracking, changes in flowering and fruiting time on fruit trees, and increased sand in soils due to flood. Farmers also have noticed the positive effect of climate change on automatic control of some pests (e.g. whiteflies in paddy). Responses of farmers to climate change include crop diversification, shifting of agricultural calendar, crop rotation, changes in crop varieties, investment on plastic tunnels, mulching to maintain soil moisture, adoption traditional pest management, increased use of compost and farmyard manure in the field, provision of drainage canals in the field, agroforestry practices, and rainwater harvesting.
- Publication
International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts & Responses, 2015, Vol 7, Issue 3, p29
- ISSN
1835-7156
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.18848/1835-7156/CGP/v07i03/37244