Farmer Perceptions to Climate Variability and Adaption Strategies in Nangrahar Province
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Climate change is a major obstacal for farmers in the least developed countries such as Afghanistan and adaptation care is extremely scarce. This paper provides evience on the farmers’ perceptions regarding climate change, its impact and identification of best coping strategies in Nangarhar province. To do this end, we collected primary data from 384 farmers whom we interviewd across the three most affected district in the province. We employ percent analysis and Garrett rankingmethods to estimate the farmers perceptions, impact and coping strategies regarding climate change in the area. Farthermore, farmers percieved increased change in temperature (92.22%) and occurrence of drought (91.39%) respectively. Based on study findings, drying of water resources (96.46%), crop failure (85.32%) and making sarounding dring (82,03%) were observed as major impacts on farmers livelihoods of climate change. Therefore, drilling new bore well, change in time of farm operations and farm diversification were percieved and recommended as top ranked strategies to cope with climate change in Nangarhar.
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