Can Social Capital influence Smallholder Farmers' Climate-Change Adaptation Decisions? Evidence from Three Semi-Arid Communities in Burkina Faso, West Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5936747 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Yaméogo, Thomas B Yaméogo (0000-0003-2466-6053, Burkina Faso Ministry of the Environment, Green Economy, and Climate Change), William Fonta (0000-0002-1398-3355, Burkina Faso Ministry of the Environment, Green Economy, and Climate Change, corresponding author), Tobias Wünscher (0000-0003-1632-9065, University of Bonn) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 33 |
| Publication date | 2018-02-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/socsci7030033 |
| OpenAlex | W2794118170 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 27 |
This study examines the influence of farmers' social capital on their decisions to deal with climate change and climate variability in Burkina Faso. The study is based on a household survey conducted among 450 households, randomly selected from three communities in Burkina Faso. Two indexes were constructed to capture farmers' structural and cognitive social capital; and using generalized Poisson regression (GPR) and a multivariate probit model, the study probes the effect of farmers' social capital on their choice of adaptation alternatives, the number of adaptation practices used, and the extent to which adaptation measures were applied. The results indicated that the effect of social capital depends on the type of indicator used and on the type of adaptation strategies necessary. Farmers' cognitive social capital was significantly and positively related to their choice of soil and water conservation techniques (SWCT), and techniques such as agroforestry and irrigation. Structural social capital, on the other hand, was positively associated with the adoption of new varieties and conservation tillage strategies and negatively associated with the use of a crop-diversification strategy. The results also highlighted that socio-economic, institutional and agro-ecological variables determine farmers' decisions to adapt to climate change
Adaptation (eye · Agricultural diversification · Agriculture · Business · Diversification (marketing strategy · Econometrics · Economics · Environmental resource management · Geography · Multivariate probit model · Natural resource economics · Political science · Social capital · Socioeconomics · Soil conservation · Agricultural Innovations and Practices · Climate change impacts on agriculture · Psychology · Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis · Marketing
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,88 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |