Farmers' perceptions of and adaptation strategies to climate change and their determinants: the case of Punjab province, Pakistan

Abid, M.; Scheffran, J.; Schneider, U. A.; Ashfaq, M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-6-225-2015

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11 May 2015

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| 11 May 2015

Farmers' perceptions of and adaptation strategies to climate change and their determinants: the case of Punjab province, Pakistan

M. Abid, J. Scheffran, U. A. Schneider, and M. Ashfaq

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RC C576: 'Review on paper Farmers’ perceptions of and adaptation strategies to climate change and their determinants; the case of Punjab province, Pakistan', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Nov 2014
- AC C741: 'Responses to the reviewer 1', Muhammad Abid, 25 Feb 2015
RC C712: 'Review of Farmers’ perceptions of and adaptation strategies to climate change and their determinants; the case of Punjab province, Pakistan by M.Abid, J.Scheffran, U.A.Schneider, and M.Ashfaq', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Feb 2015
- AC C778: 'Responses to the reviewer 2', Muhammad Abid, 26 Feb 2015

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AR by Muhammad Abid on behalf of the Authors (25 Mar 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (08 Apr 2015) by Valerio Lucarini

AR by Muhammad Abid on behalf of the Authors (08 Apr 2015)

Short summary

Based on a farm household survey of 450 farmers, this study examined the adaptation to climate change and factors affecting the adoption of various adaptation measures at the farm level in Pakistan. The study demonstrates that awareness of climate change is widespread in the area, and farmers are adapting their crops to climate variability. However the adaptation process is constrained due to several factors such as lack of information, lack of money, lack of resources and shortage of water.