Can Protection Motivation Theory Explain Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change Decision Making in The Gambia?

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropicsen
cg.contributor.affiliationWest African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Useen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of The Gambiaen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Louisvilleen
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.donorFederal Ministry of Education and Research, Germanyen
cg.coverage.countryGambia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GM
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierIssa Ouedraogo: 0000-0002-5675-6769
cg.edition1sten
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/cli7010013en
cg.issn2225-1154en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalClimateen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ccafsSOCIAL LEARNINGen
cg.volume7en
dc.contributor.authorBagagnan, Abdoul Rasmaneen
dc.contributor.authorOuédraogo, Issaen
dc.contributor.authorFonta, William M.en
dc.contributor.authorSowe, Musaen
dc.contributor.authorWallis, Anneen
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-16T14:07:39Zen
dc.date.available2019-01-16T14:07:39Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/99087
dc.titleCan Protection Motivation Theory Explain Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change Decision Making in The Gambia?en
dcterms.abstractIn The Gambia, climate change has affected, and continues to affect, the agriculture sector. Thus, there is a need to develop and understand effective agricultural adaptation policies. The present study used protection motivation theory to describe farmers’ adoption of climate change adaptation measures in the Central River Region of The Gambia. Primary data were collected in eight communities of the region. A transect walk was conducted, followed by a survey of farmers (n = 283). Perception data collected referred back to the past 20 years, with stated implementation addressing current adaptation practices. Results showed that the perception variables, namely, severity, ability to withstand, and internal barriers, were significantly correlated with protection motivation, while protection motivation and stated implementation for water conservation technique were strongly correlated. Structural equation modeling confirmed the mediation role of protection motivation between farmers’ “stated implementation” of adaptation measures and their perception of climate variability. A decrease in soil water storage capacity, degradation of the quality of soil surface structure, and a decrease of the length of the growing season are all factors that motivate farmers to implement an adaptation measure. The cost of the implementation and farmers’ vulnerability are factors that prevent implantation of adaptation measures. This study suggested that farmers’ resilience should be improved and adaptation measures should be subsidized in order to make them more accessible to farmersen
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2019-01-14
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBagagnan AR ,Ouedraogo I, Fonta WM, Sowe M, Wallis A. 2019. Can Protection Motivation Theory Explain Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change Decision Making in The Gambia? Climate 7(1):13.en
dcterms.extent14 pen
dcterms.issued2019-01-14
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherMDPIen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectagriculutureen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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