Rural Farmers’ Cognition and Climate Change Adaptation Impact on Cash Crop Productivity: Evidence from a Recent Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Review of Literature
2.1. Climate Change Cognition
2.2. Association between Cognition and Adaption to CC
2.3. CC and Its Impact on Crops
3. Material and Methods
3.1. Study Area
3.2. Sampling Approach and Data Collection
3.3. Modeling Adaptation to CC and Cash Crop Productivity
4. Results of the Study
4.1. Descriptive Statistics
4.2. The CC Adaptation Measurement and Maize Productivity Equation
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions, Policy Implications, and Limitations
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Variables | Probit Model a | OLS Model b | ||
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Adaptation 1/0 | Non-Adopters Productivity per Hectare | |||
Gender | 0.245 | 0.237 | 0.116 ** | 2.09 |
Age | –0.003 | 0.0011 | 0.000120 | 0.05 |
Educational status | 0.033 | 0.0223 | 0.089 | 1.44 |
Workforce share | –0.448 | 0.0344 | 0.144 | 1.31 |
Agri-Extension services | 0.444 | 0.110 | 0.207 | 1.48 |
Farm area | 0.015 | 0.010 | –0.059 | –1.38 |
Climate cognition | 1.878 *** | 0.0333 | 0.011 | 0.056 |
Climate information | 1.229 *** | 0.262 | –0.136 | 0.0109 |
Maize seed (log) | - | - | –0.029 | –0.30 |
Pesticides (log) | - | - | 0.054 | 1.14 |
Agrochemical fertilizers (log) | - | - | 0.034 | 0.40 |
Technology (log) | - | - | –0.0138 | –0.22 |
Irrigation (log) | - | - | 0.00104 | 0.12 |
Labor effort (log) | - | - | –0.084 * | –2.01 |
Employ expenditure (log) | - | - | 0.00365 | 0.52 |
Rental (log) | - | - | –0.078 | –1.19 |
Rent (0/1) | 0.138 | 0.335 | - | - |
Constant | –0.750 | 0.603 | 7.816*** | 9.16 |
Wald test on information sources | χ2 = 77.55 *** | F-stat. = 1.76 | ||
Sample size | 498 | 53 |
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Variable Name | Explanation | Mean (S.D) |
---|---|---|
Adaptation | Dummy = 1, if the farmers adapted to CC, 0 otherwise | 0.827 (0.377) |
Maize productivity | Maize productivity (kg/ha) | 1987.11 (451.08) |
Farm area | Farm area under maize (hectare) | 0.771 (1.992) |
Maize seeds | Seeds usage per hectare kg/ha | 1129.651 (364.152) |
Agrochemical fertilizer | Agrochemical fertilizers usage per hectare (PKR) | 2476.440 (697.026) |
Farm manure | Farm manure usage per hectare (PKR) | 171.858 (564.062) |
Pesticide | Pesticides usage per hectare (PKR) | 542.944 (296.527) |
Household labor | Household labor input per hectare (PKR) | 2638.080 (2135.371) |
Employment cost | Employment expenditure per hectare (PKR) | 180.419 (581.991) |
Technology | Technology charge per hectare (PKR) | 1526.853 (701.715) |
Irrigation charges | Irrigation charge per hectare (PKR) | 463.738 (459.876) |
Rental | Rental expenditure per hectare kg/ha | 32.684 (94.295) |
Gender | Dummy = 1, if a farmer is male, 0 otherwise | 0.723 (0.448) |
Age | Farmers’ age | 56.131 (11.319) |
Educational status | Dummy = 1 if farmer has an education, 0 otherwise | 0.615 (0.487) |
Household size | Number of household size | 0.465 (0.124) |
Workforce share | Workforce as a share of the total household population | 0.604 (0.221) |
Agr-Extension service | Dummy = 1 if the farmers access service, 0 otherwise | 0.451 (0392) |
Climate cognition | Dummy = 1 if the farmers believe that CC, 0 otherwise | 0.917 (0.276) |
CC impact on maize productivity | Dummy = 1 if farmers believe CC affects maize productivity, 0 otherwise | 0.857 (0.351) |
Climate Information | Dummy = 1 if farmers obtained warning climate info, 0 otherwise | 0.430 (0.496) |
Variable | Adopters | Non-Adopters | Difference |
---|---|---|---|
Mean (S.D) | Mean (S.D) | ||
Adaptation 1/0 | 1.000 (0.000) | 0.000 (0.000) | |
Maize productivity | 1811.636 (303.471) | 1685.140 (457.803) | 126.496 ** |
Farm area | 0.809 (2.146) | 0.588 (0.948) | 0.221 |
Maize seeds | 1139.629 (306.923) | 1127.578 (375.437) | 12.051 |
Agrochemical fertilizer | 544.795 (300.001) | 534.028 (281.712) | 10.767 |
Farm manure | 304.387 (727.207) | 144.332 (521.404) | 160.055 |
Pesticide | 2520.898 (721.167) | 2467.206 (692.978) | 53.692 |
Household labor | 2708.825 (2219.873) | 2297.456 (1644.566) | 411.369 |
Employment cost | 408.226 (905.401) | 133.105 (478.036) | 275.121 ** |
Technology | 1547.522 (651.598) | 1427.338 (906.063) | 120.184 |
Irrigation charges | 593.72 (469.75) | 436.741 (454.060) | 156.979 ** |
Rental | 33.584 (96.138) | 28.349 (85.563) | 5.235 |
Gender | 0.731 (0.444) | 0.685 (0.469) | 0.046 |
Age | 56.238 (10.256) | 55.574 (11.241) | 0.664 |
Educational status | 0.612 (0.488) | 0.63 (0.487) | −0.018 |
Household size | 0.175 (0.127) | 0.175 (0.127) | 0.038 |
Workforce share | 0.597 (0.218) | 0.637 (0.236) | −0.040 |
Agr-Extension service | 0.621 (0.495) | 0.64 (0.491) | −0.019 |
Climate perception | 0.977 (0.150) | 0.63 (0.487) | 0.347 *** |
Climate influence on maize | 0.977 (0.150) | 0.278 (0.452) | 0.699 *** |
Climate information | 0.508 (0.501) | 0.056 (0.231) | 0.452 *** |
Variable | Adaptation | Maize Yield (Log) | |
---|---|---|---|
Adopters | Non-Adopters | ||
Gender | 0.263 (1.10) | −0.003 (−0.07) | 0.118 ** (2.55) |
Age | −0.002 (−0.20) | 0.001 (0.58) | 0.000 (0.06) |
Educational status | −0.017 (−0.07) | 0.065 * (1.91) | 0.060 (1.15) |
Household size | 0.029 (0.062) | 0.022 (0.027) | 0.005 (0.023) |
Workforce share | −0.616 (−1.36) | 0.070 (0.98) | 0.138 (1.48) |
Agr-Extension service | 0.028 (0.063) | 0.021 (0.026) | 0.005 (00.023) |
Farm area | 0.298 * (1.85) | −0.021 ** (−2.55) | −0.073 ** (−2.17) |
Maize seeds (log) | - | −0.053 (−1.28) | −0.098 (−0.85) |
Farm manure (log) | - | −0.002 (−0.69) | 0.006 * (1.78) |
Agrochemical fertilizers | - | 0.068 (1.26) | 0.045 (0.64) |
Pesticide (log) | - | 0.042 (1.57) | 0.051 (1.27) |
labor (log) | - | −0.009 (−1.19) | −0.105 *** (−2.97) |
Employment cost (log) | - | −0.007 (−1.35) | −0.001 (−0.10) |
Irrigation charges (log) | - | 0.012 *** (4.88) | −0.002 (−0.27) |
Technology (log) | - | −0.007 (−1.10) | −0.006 (−1.13) |
Rental (log) | - | −0.009 ** (−2.26) | −0.009 (−1.39) |
Rent (0/1) | 0.157 (0.43) | - | - |
Climate perception | 1.877 *** (4.91) | - | - |
Climate information | 1.259 *** (4.65) | - | - |
Constant | −0.923 (−1.34) | 8.189 *** (16.63) | 9.613 *** (9.81) |
σ1 | - | −1.402 *** (−29.70) | |
σ0 | - | −1.999 *** (−10.83) | |
p1 | - | 0.347 (1.54) | |
p0 | Adaptation | 0.584 (0.70) |
Sub-Samples | Decision Stage | Treatment Effects | |
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Adaptation | Non-Adaptation | ||
Adopters | (1) 1387.93 (12.302) | (3) 1815.832 (15.010) | TT= −427.902 *** [−2.799] |
Non-adopters | (4) 1541.783 (22.339) | (2) 1801.726 (27.524) | TU= −259.943 *** [−5.185] |
Heterogeneity influences | BHI = 192.293 *** [1.885] | BH2 = 628.213 *** [1.739] | TH = −435.92 [−5.353] |
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Khan, N.; Ma, J.; Kassem, H.S.; Kazim, R.; Ray, R.L.; Ihtisham, M.; Zhang, S. Rural Farmers’ Cognition and Climate Change Adaptation Impact on Cash Crop Productivity: Evidence from a Recent Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 12556. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912556
Khan N, Ma J, Kassem HS, Kazim R, Ray RL, Ihtisham M, Zhang S. Rural Farmers’ Cognition and Climate Change Adaptation Impact on Cash Crop Productivity: Evidence from a Recent Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(19):12556. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912556
Chicago/Turabian StyleKhan, Nawab, Jiliang Ma, Hazem S. Kassem, Rizwan Kazim, Ram L. Ray, Muhammad Ihtisham, and Shemei Zhang. 2022. "Rural Farmers’ Cognition and Climate Change Adaptation Impact on Cash Crop Productivity: Evidence from a Recent Study" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 19: 12556. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912556