Farmers’ behaviors and attitudes toward climate change adaptation: evidence from Vietnamese smallholder farmers

Tuyen Tiet, Nguyen To-The and Tuan Nguyen-Anh ()
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Nguyen To-The: VNU University of Economics and Business, Vietnam National University
Tuan Nguyen-Anh: VNU University of Economics and Business, Vietnam National University

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2022, vol. 24, issue 12, No 31, 14235-14260

Abstract: Abstract This study examines how a wide range of social-psychological factors, including perceived risks, beliefs in climate change occurrences and consequences, belief in human ingenuity and trust in institutions, could influence farmers’ decisions in taking different climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies. We found that farmers who believe in climate change occurrences and consequences tend to adopt mitigation strategies than others, while those who believe in perceived risk associated with climate threats are more likely to have positive attitudes toward adaptation. Moreover, belief in human ingenuity to tackle climate change lessens farmers’ decisions to adopt adaptation and mitigation measures. Therefore, policymakers should improve farmers’ belief in human ingenuity, the occurrences of climate change and climate change consequences to effectively motivate them toward climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Keywords: Adaptation; Belief; Climate change; Perceived risks; Mitigation; Smallholder farmers; Trust; Vietnam (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C12 C25 G12 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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