Interpretation of climate change and agricultural adaptations by local household farmers: A case study at Bin County, Northeast China

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dc.creatorYu, Qiang-Yi
dc.creatorWu, Wen-Bin
dc.creatorLiu, Zhen-Huan
dc.creatorVerburg, Peter H.
dc.creatorXia, Tian
dc.creatorYang, Peng
dc.creatorLu, Zhong-Jun
dc.creatorYou, Liangzhi
dc.creatorTang, Hua-Jun
dc.date2014
dc.date2024-08-01T02:49:41Z
dc.date2024-08-01T02:49:41Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:35:12Z
dc.descriptionAlthough climate change impacts and agricultural adaptations have been studied extensively, how smallholder farmers perceive climate change and adapt their agricultural activities is poorly understood. Survey-based data (presents farmers' personal perceptions and adaptations to climate change) associated with external biophysical-socioeconomic data (presents real-world climate change) were used to develop a farmer-centered framework to explore climate change impacts and agricultural adaptations at a local level. A case study at Bin County (1980s–2010s), Northeast China, suggested that increased annual average temperature (0.6°C per decade) and decreased annual precipitation (46 mm per decade, both from meteorological datasets) were correctly perceived by 76 and 66.9%, respectively, of farmers from the survey, and that a longer growing season was confirmed by 70% of them. These reasonably correct perceptions enabled local farmers to make appropriate adaptations to cope with climate change: Longer season alternative varieties were found for maize and rice, which led to a significant yield increase for both crops. The longer season also affected crop choice: More farmers selected maize instead of soybean, as implicated from survey results by a large increase in the maize growing area. Comparing warming-related factors, we found that precipitation and agricultural disasters were the least likely causes for farmers' agricultural decisions. As a result, crop and variety selection, rather than disaster prevention and infrastructure improvement, was the most common ways for farmers to adapt to the notable warming trend in the study region.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/149651
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/108634
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceYu, Qiang-Yi; Wu, Wen-Bin; Liu, Zhen-Huan; Verburg, Peter H.; Xia, Tian; Yang, Peng; Lu, Zhong-Jun; You, Liangzhi; and Tang, Hua-Jun. 2014. Interpretation of climate change and agricultural adaptations by local household farmers: A case study at Bin County, Northeast China. Journal of Integrative Agriculture 13(7): 1599-1608. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2095-3119(14)60805-4
dc.subjectsenses
dc.subjectsurveys
dc.subjectadaptation
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.titleInterpretation of climate change and agricultural adaptations by local household farmers: A case study at Bin County, Northeast China
dc.typeJournal Article

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