Drought adaptation in Austrian agriculture

Empirically Based Farmer Types

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6414453
AutoresBernadette Kropf (0000-0002-2608-7939, BOKU University), Sebastian Seebauer (0000-0003-4592-9529, Joanneum Research), M Larcher (0000-0002-9850-0796, BOKU University), Stefan Vogel (0000-0001-8629-0659, BOKU University), Hermine Mitter (0000-0003-0799-9489, University of Graz, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume42
Fascículo2
Páginas1063-1081
Data de publicação2024-12-11
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAgriculture and Human Values (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0889-048X • E-ISSN: 1572-8366
EditoraSpringer Nature (Netherlands) (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1007/s10460-024-10661-5
OpenAlexW4405276691
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas61

Farmers perceive and appraise climate change, related risks and opportunities as well as adaptation measures differently. Such differences are not well understood and rarely considered in extension services, outreach activities and agricultural policies. We aim to develop empirically based farmer types, who differ in their socio-cognitive and emotional processes towards droughts, their expected drought impacts, their appraisal of drought adaptation measures, and their previous and intended implementation of such measures. The Model of Private Pro-Active Adaptation to Climate Change provides the theoretical foundation for a three-phase procedure of semi-structured interviews, a standardized survey and a qualitative workshop. The principal component analysis reveals eight socio-cognitive and emotional processes of relevance for forming the famer types of drought adaptation: perceived opportunities resulting from droughts, perceived effectiveness of drought adaptation measures, negative affect towards droughts, perceived work effort and perceived social approval of drought adaptation measures, fatalism, trust in public measures, and perceived self-efficacy. Cluster analyses of these processes yield four types of Austrian farmers. The social implementers perceive themselves as capable, and drought adaptation measures as effective, socially approved, and effortless. The unaffected profiteers have hardly been affected by droughts and perceive beneficial impacts due to a decline in precipitation. The trusting fearfuls have already experienced severe drought impacts and express intense negative affect towards droughts. The passive fatalists focus on avoidance and do neither trust in important others nor in public measures. The identified farmer types of drought adaptation may support the design of climate and agricultural policy instruments and of tailor-made education and communication programs, for instance to increase self-efficacy and reduce fatalism

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