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Assessing newly introduced climate change adaptation strategy packages among rural households: Evidence from Kaou local government area, Tahoua State, Niger Republic

Ali M. Tabbo, Zakou Amadou
Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies | Vol 9, No 1 | a383 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jamba.v9i1.383 | © 2017 Ali M. Tabbo, Zakou Amadou | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 13 October 2016 | Published: 25 April 2017

About the author(s)

Ali M. Tabbo, Department of Rural Sociology and Economics, Abdou Moumouni University, Niger
Zakou Amadou, Department of Rural Sociology and Economics, Tahoua University, Niger

Abstract

This research discusses new strategies developed and introduced by national and international partners to help farmers in building adaptative capacity against the negative externalities of climate change. The purpose of this study is to determine and to assess the most important adaptation strategies introduced by development partners. Based on the recognition interview with farmers and synthesis of previous research, 13 strategies were compiled and included in the study. Thus, an advance in the balanced incomplete block design was used to design the questionnaire served as data collection tools. For each question, respondents were asked to choose their best and their worst strategies. Thus, the difference between the best and worst strategies consistent with random utility theory was used for the modelling. Results show that herd rebuilding, human capacity building, introduction of fishing, water and soil conservation activities, introduction of leafy vegetable such as Moringa oleifera, financial credit, forage seed marketing and introduction of agriculture inputs were the most important strategies, while the support to vegetable production, income-generating activities, the use of agricultural improved seed varieties, anti-fire band making and cereal bank introduction were the least important adaptation strategies for farmers. These results are therefore essential for the dissemination of adaptation strategies, thereby stimulating and maintaining sustainability development actions in the study area.

Keywords

adaptation strategies; climate change; resilience capacity enhancement

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