A cross-region study: climate change adaptation in Malawi's agro-based systems

Maganga Mulagha Assa, Gebrelibanos Gebremariam and Lawrence D. Mapemba

No 161304, 2013 Fourth International Conference, September 22-25, 2013, Hammamet, Tunisia from African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE)

Abstract: Agriculture in Malawi is vulnerable to the impacts of changing climate. Adaptation is identified as one of the options to abate the negative impacts of the changing climate. This study analyzed the factors influencing different climate change adaptation choices by smallholder farmers in Malawi. We sampled 900 farmers from all three regions of Malawi, using the multistage sampling procedure, study piloted in 2012. We analyzed smallholder farmers’ climate change adaptation choices with Multinomial logit regression. Factors that enhance or hinder choice of climate adaptation options include age, gender, household size, land ownership, credit access, climate change training and extension visit. Policy thrust should focus on linking farmers to credit institutions, advocating for labour saving farm technologies and intensification of climate change trainings among smallholder farmers.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16
Date: 2013-09
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.161304

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