气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Climate information access and use in East and Southern Africa: identifying linkages between smallholder household characteristics and climate change adaptation

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DOI	10.1080/17565529.2024.2307403
	Climate information access and use in East and Southern Africa: identifying linkages between smallholder household characteristics and climate change adaptation
	Minjauw, Fanny; Rasheduzzaman, Md; Huang, Jiexuan; Lozano, Alicia; Baumgartner, Philipp; Dorward, Peter; Clarkson, Graham; Cohen, Alasdair
发表日期	2024
ISSN	1756-5529
EISSN	1756-5537
英文摘要	Climate change adversely impacts the livelihoods of smallholder farmers across East and Southern Africa. Climate-related information is assumed to support smallholder farmer decision-making and use of adaptive practices as a means to improve livelihoods, resiliency and levels of food security. However, the value of climate information provision and its role in promoting adaptive practices remains poorly understood. We examined smallholder household access to, and use of, climate information. Survey data was collected from 5322 households across Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Tanzania and Zimbabwe using the Multidimensional Poverty Assessment Tool. Overall, the majority of households regularly accessed at least one source of climate information, primarily via radio (64.9%, n = 3453). Our statistical models showed that households with relatively better access to credit and land tenure were more likely to receive climate information (p < 0.01 and p < 0.001, respectively, n = 1421), and of those, households who reported observing past climate-related changes were more likely to actually use climate information (p < 0.05, n = 1097). Secure land tenure was positively associated with information use, though not statistically significant. Findings from our study offer guidance for improving the targeting and delivery of climate information programmes and policies, and indicate that the assumed benefits of climate information provision should be more rigorously evaluated.
英文关键词	Climate information; climate change; adaptation; food security; resilience; Sub-Saharan Africa
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Development Studies ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS类目	Development Studies ; Environmental Studies
WOS记录号	WOS:001163639000001
来源期刊	CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/309625
作者单位	University of Reading; Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; University of Pennsylvania; Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Minjauw, Fanny,Rasheduzzaman, Md,Huang, Jiexuan,et al. Climate information access and use in East and Southern Africa: identifying linkages between smallholder household characteristics and climate change adaptation[J],2024.
APA	Minjauw, Fanny.,Rasheduzzaman, Md.,Huang, Jiexuan.,Lozano, Alicia.,Baumgartner, Philipp.,...&Cohen, Alasdair.(2024).Climate information access and use in East and Southern Africa: identifying linkages between smallholder household characteristics and climate change adaptation.CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT.
MLA	Minjauw, Fanny,et al."Climate information access and use in East and Southern Africa: identifying linkages between smallholder household characteristics and climate change adaptation".CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT (2024).