Determinants of Malaysian farmers' choice of adaptation strategies for adapting to climate change in Kedah Malaysia

In Malaysia, the climate is changing. So, the associated risks are expected to have serious impacts on agriculture and national food sufficiency level which in turn will affect the rural farmers for whom agriculture is the main source of income. The level of impacts will mainly depend on the aware...

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Main Authors:	Afroz, Rafia, Akhtar, Rulia
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Knowledgia Scientific 2017
Subjects:	HC94 By region or country S Agriculture (General)
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spelling	iium-634982018-05-03T02:05:57Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/63498/ Determinants of Malaysian farmers' choice of adaptation strategies for adapting to climate change in Kedah Malaysia Afroz, Rafia Akhtar, Rulia HC94 By region or country S Agriculture (General) In Malaysia, the climate is changing. So, the associated risks are expected to have serious impacts on agriculture and national food sufficiency level which in turn will affect the rural farmers for whom agriculture is the main source of income. The level of impacts will mainly depend on the awareness and the level of adaptation in response to the changing climate. It was thus important to analyze which factors may affect the decision of the farmers whether they adapt with the climate change in order to implement appropriate policy measures for the sake of the affected farmers. The objective of the study was to examine the perception of the farmers towards climate change and the factors that influence farmersʼ choice of adaptation measures to climate change. Knowledgia Scientific 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63498/1/63498_Determinants%20of%20Malaysian%20Farmers%27%20Choice.pdf Afroz, Rafia and Akhtar, Rulia (2017) Determinants of Malaysian farmers' choice of adaptation strategies for adapting to climate change in Kedah Malaysia. Asian Journal of Agricultural Research, 11 (4). pp. 120-127. ISSN 1819-1894 http://docsdrive.com/pdfs/knowledgia/ajar/2017/120-127.pdf 10.3923/ajar.2017.120.127
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description	In Malaysia, the climate is changing. So, the associated risks are expected to have serious impacts on agriculture and national food sufficiency level which in turn will affect the rural farmers for whom agriculture is the main source of income. The level of impacts will mainly depend on the awareness and the level of adaptation in response to the changing climate. It was thus important to analyze which factors may affect the decision of the farmers whether they adapt with the climate change in order to implement appropriate policy measures for the sake of the affected farmers. The objective of the study was to examine the perception of the farmers towards climate change and the factors that influence farmersʼ choice of adaptation measures to climate change.
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author	Afroz, Rafia Akhtar, Rulia
author_facet	Afroz, Rafia Akhtar, Rulia
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title	Determinants of Malaysian farmers' choice of adaptation strategies for adapting to climate change in Kedah Malaysia
title_short	Determinants of Malaysian farmers' choice of adaptation strategies for adapting to climate change in Kedah Malaysia
title_full	Determinants of Malaysian farmers' choice of adaptation strategies for adapting to climate change in Kedah Malaysia
title_fullStr	Determinants of Malaysian farmers' choice of adaptation strategies for adapting to climate change in Kedah Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Determinants of Malaysian farmers' choice of adaptation strategies for adapting to climate change in Kedah Malaysia
title_sort	determinants of malaysian farmers' choice of adaptation strategies for adapting to climate change in kedah malaysia
publisher	Knowledgia Scientific
publishDate	2017
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/63498/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/63498/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/63498/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/63498/1/63498_Determinants%20of%20Malaysian%20Farmers%27%20Choice.pdf
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Determinants of Malaysian farmers' choice of adaptation strategies for adapting to climate change in Kedah Malaysia

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