This paper has been published in the Journal of Environmental Management in November 2023. It has been written by researchers Lea S. Schroder, Amol K. Bhalerao, Khondokar H. Kabir, Jurgen Scheffran, Uwe A. Schneider. It examines the adaptation practices of tribal farmers in the Himalayan uplands of Northeast India in the face of climate change. Research was conducted in four villages in Nagaland between November 2021 and April 2022, surveying 372 tribal farmers...
Authors
Lea S. Schroder, Amol K. Bhalerao, Khondokar H. Kabir, Jurgen Scheffran, Uwe A. Schneider
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- 14
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- India
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- Open access article under CC BY license
Table of Contents
- Managing uphill cultivation under climate change – An assessment of adaptation decisions among tribal farmers in Nagaland s ... 1
- 1 Introduction 1
- 2 Theoretical framework 2
- 3 Material and methods 2
- 3.1 Study area 2
- 3.2 Data 2
- 3.2.1 Farmer survey 2
- 3.2.2 Climate data 3
- 3.3 Statistical model 3
- 4 Results 4
- 4.1 Climatic trends for Nagaland 4
- 4.2 Perceived climatic and environmental changes 6
- 4.3 Adoption of conservation practices 7
- 4.3.1 Information exchange 7
- 4.3.2 Economic variables 8
- 4.3.3 Perceptions 8
- 4.3.4 Socio-demographic factors 9
- 4.3.5 Location factors 9
- 4.4 Predicted adaptive capacities under different scenarios 9
- 4.5 Goals and values of tribal farmers 9
- 5 Discussion 10
- 5.1 Modeled and perceived climatic trends 10
- 5.2 Adoption of conservation practices 11
- 5.3 Goals, norms, and preferences of tribal farmers 11
- 5.4 Relation to adaptation theories 12
- 5.5 Study limitations 12
- 6 Conclusion 12
- Credit author statement 13
- Declaration of competing interest 13
- Data availability 13
- Acknowledgments 13
- Appendix A Supplementary data 13
- References 13
