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Micro-level analysis of farmers' adaptation to climate change in Southern Africa

_{Authors: Nhemachena,C.; Hassan,R.
Produced by: International Food Policy Research Institute (2007)}

Adaptation to climate change involves a combination of various individual responses at the farm-level and assumes that farmers have access to alternative practices and technologies available in the region. This study examines farmer adaptation strategies to climate change in Southern Africa based on a cross-section database of three countries (South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe) collected as part of the Global Environment Facility/World Bank (GEF/WB) Climate Change and African Agriculture Project. The study describes farmer perceptions to changes in long-term temperature and precipitation as well as various farm-level adaptation measures and barriers to adaptation at the farm household level. Results confirm that access to credit and extension and awareness of climate change are some of the important determinants of farm-level adaptation.

This report is available online from Eldis: http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/?doc=44566&em=230909⊂=clim