Crop Diversiifcation in Coping with Extreme Weather Events in China

	Crop Diversiifcation in Coping with Extreme Weather Events in China
	Huang Jikun; Jiang Jing; Wang Jinxia; Hou Lingling
刊名	Journal of Integrative Agriculture
	2014
卷号	13 期号:4 页码:677
关键词	adaptation extreme weather event climate change crop diversification farmer
ISSN号	2095-3119
英文摘要	Apart from the long-term effects of climate change, the frequency and severity of extreme weather events have been increasing. Given the risks posed by climate change, particularly the changes in extreme weather events, the question of how to adapt to these changes and mitigate their negative impacts has received great attention from policy makers. The overall goals of this study are to examine whether farmers adapt to extreme weather events through crop diversification and which factors influence farmers’ decisions on crop diversification against extreme weather events in China. To limit the scope of this study, we focus on drought and flood events only. Based on a unique large-scale household survey in nine provinces, this study finds that farmers respond to extreme weather events by increasing crop diversification. Their decision to diversify crops is significantly influenced by their experiences of extreme weather events in the previous year. Such results are understandable because farmers’ behaviors are normally based on their expectations. Moreover, household characteristics also affect farmers’ decisions on crop diversification strategy, and their effects differ by farmers’ age and gender. This paperc oncludes with several policy implications.
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/155525]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
作者单位	Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Huang Jikun,Jiang Jing,Wang Jinxia,et al. Crop Diversiifcation in Coping with Extreme Weather Events in China[J]. Journal of Integrative Agriculture,2014,13(4):677.
APA	Huang Jikun,Jiang Jing,Wang Jinxia,&Hou Lingling.(2014).Crop Diversiifcation in Coping with Extreme Weather Events in China.Journal of Integrative Agriculture,13(4),677.
MLA	Huang Jikun,et al."Crop Diversiifcation in Coping with Extreme Weather Events in China".Journal of Integrative Agriculture 13.4(2014):677.