Climate Change Adaptation in the Delta Nile Region of Egypt: Implications for Agricultural Extension

Hazem S. Kassem, Abdel Raouf Suleiman Bello, Bader M. Alotaibi, Fahd O. Aldosri and Gary S. Straquadine
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Hazem S. Kassem: Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Society, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Abdel Raouf Suleiman Bello: Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Society, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Bader M. Alotaibi: Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Society, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Fahd O. Aldosri: Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Society, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Gary S. Straquadine: Utah State University, Price, UT 84501, USA

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 3, 1-22

Abstract: This study used quantitative and qualitative methods to collect data, using questionnaires and interviews, from 792 randomly-selected farmers in two of the governorates in the Nile Delta Region, Egypt. A workshop was organized for 59 extension professionals working in the two governorates, looking at how the adaptive capacity of the agricultural sector towards climate change was being guided by policy-makers. Two focus groups were used: one with senior officials from the regional governorates and the other with central government administrators from the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation. The study findings suggested that 51.9% of the investigated farmers at the two targeted governorates had no knowledge about the climate change phenomenon. Maximizing the use of manure, changing crop patterns, and crop rotation were the adaptation measures most commonly adopted by aware respondents against climate change. Results of a probit model analysis indicated that farmers’ ability to adapt to climate change was influenced by education level, farm size, diversity of production, and membership of a Water User Association. The study recommended some extension interventions to raise awareness of the anticipated effects of climate change.

Keywords: climate change; adaptation; extension; farmers; adoption; awareness; Egypt (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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