Abstract
This study aimed to determine the effect of the socio-economic factors on climate change adaptation strategy of white pepper farmers in Bangka-Belitung Province, Indonesia. West Bangka Regency was chosen as a research site because this area is one of the main producer areas of white pepper. Then, 70 samples of white pepper farmers were randomly selected. The cross-section primary data were collected through interviewed directly with farmers in the research location using a list of questions in the questionnaire which had been served by the researcher. The logit regression model was used to analyze factors influencing farmers' adaptation to climate change. This research suggested as follows: 1) government programmes related to accelerating the implementation of climate change adaptation should be prioritized to female farmers 2) knowledge and technical skill of extension agent at local level relate to implementing adapted strategies of climate change must be increased, as well as materials regarding the implementation of climate change adaptation should be part of the agricultural extension syllabus for white pepper farmers.
Highlights
Resumen: El objetivo de este estudio es determinar el efecto de los factores socioeconómicos sobre la estrategia de adaptación al cambio climático entre los agricultores de pimienta blanca en la provincia de Bangka-Belitung, Indonesia
If the adaptation strategy arises as planning and anticipation actions against the effect of climate change, such adaptations are categorized as a planned adaptation
The adaptation to climate change includes the behaviors as proposed by Rejekiningrum et al (2011), namely: first, the use of crop varieties that are tolerant to extreme climates such as drought, extreme temperatures and flood; second, the diversification of farming and crop rotation to minimize losses due to farming failure caused by extreme climates; third, the application of land management technology to improve plant resistance to drought such as mulch, bio-pore and infiltration well; fourth, the development of water management technology, especially on drought-prone land, such as “embung” and drip irrigation, and fifth, the
Summary
Resumen: El objetivo de este estudio es determinar el efecto de los factores socioeconómicos sobre la estrategia de adaptación al cambio climático entre los agricultores de pimienta blanca en la provincia de Bangka-Belitung, Indonesia. Two types of climate-related risks that become the determining factors of the white pepper yield decrease in Bangka-Belitung province according to the Agricultural Ministry of the Republic of Indonesia are drought and foot rot. Both diseases caused by the pathogenic fungus (Nasir, 2013). The farmer’s adapted strategies to climate change at the farm level have been studied by researchers in Indonesia but generally, those studies are conducted on cereal and horticulture crops farming (Kurniawati, 2011; Festiani, 2011; Sukartini & Solihin, 2013;Widiyanti & Dittmann, 2014; Candradijaya, 2015), while a similar study on white pepper farming has not been performed yet
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