Climate variability, adaptation strategies and food security in Malawi
Available online: http://www.fao.org/3/a-i3906e.pdf
S. Asfaw ; N. McCarthy ; L. Lipper ; Food and Agriculture Organization (Rome, Italia)
Published by: FAO ; 2014
This study has a focus on climate adaptation strategies for farmers in Malawi.
This paper assesses farmers’ incentives and conditioning factors that hinder or promote adaptation strategies and evaluates its impact on crop productivity by utilizing household level data collected in 2011 from nationally representative sample households in Malawi. The study distinguishes between (i) exposure to climatic disruptions, (ii) bio-physical sensitivity to such disruptions, (iii) household adaptive capacity in terms of farmers’ ability to prepare and adjust to the resulting stress, and, finally, (iv) system-level adaptive capacity that serve as enabling factors for household-level adaptation. We employ a multivariate probit (MVP) and instrumental variable technique to model farming practice selection decisions and their yield impact estimates.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Agroclimatology ; Food Safety ; Malawi 
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