Dairy Production under Climatic Risks: Perception, Perceived Impacts and Adaptations in Punjab, Pakistan

Qasir Abbas, Jiqin Han, Adnan Adeel and Raza Ullah
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Qasir Abbas: College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Jiqin Han: College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Raza Ullah: Institute of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 20, 1-21

Abstract: The changing climatic conditions coupled with fodder availability have posed severe challenges and threats for the dairy sector in Pakistan. The current paper determines the influence of climate change on the dairy sector in Pakistan. Comprehensive data set was collected from 450 farmers. The majority of farmers experienced the climate change and its variability and explained that severity and frequency of climatic extreme events such as droughts, heat waves, floods, pests and diseases and humidity is increasing. The study found that farmers considered drought as one of the major climatic risks which severely affects all aspects of dairy production. Specifically, to estimate the perceived impacts of climatic extreme event on milk production, an ordered probit model was applied and identified that climate change had high adverse impact on milk quantity in the study area. Different adaptation practices, such as changing cropping pattern for fodder production, off-farm income activities, diversifying the farm and regular vaccination are mostly used by dairy farmers. The study recommends policy initiatives to be taken by government for long term developments in the dairy farming.

Keywords: climate change; farmers’ risk perceptions; dairy production; perceived impacts; adaptation; Pakistan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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