Agroforestry for climate change adaptation: A study from Siwalik, Makwanpur, Nepal
The study aims to analyze factors affecting the adoption of agroforestry for climate change adaptation. The specific objectives were to analyze the effect caused by change in rainfall patterns and variation in temperature in agroforestry, identify the agroforestry-based adaptation practices. Rakhsiranga Rural Municipality of Makwanpur District was selected as the study area. There are 940 households in this municipality. Out of this, 100 HHs were selected randomly for interview. The survey was conducted in April and May, 2020. Altogether, two focus group discussions were also carried out to collect the data. Field observation of the practices, impacts and applied strategies explored more information regarding agroforestry practices. Secondary data were collected through different articles. People’s precipitation about the climate change was collected from during the field work. Increase in insect pests, diseases and invasive species, reduced productivity and increased fire events were notable changes faced by agroforestry practicing farmers which were seems to be cause by the climate change as per the survey and data. Farmers were practicing different agroforestry systems in their farm land, they mostly preferred agrihortisilviculture. The household size and age of the people was highly correlated with adaptation of agrihortisilviculture since the p-value was less than 0.05. Keywords: Adaptation, agroforestry, climate change, diversification ID: 3486367
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| Language: | English |
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FAO ;
2022
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| Online Access: | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/CC1818EN http://www.fao.org/3/cc1818en/cc1818en.pdf |
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