Adapting Agriculture: Policy Implications of the Rise of Resistant Seeds in Farmers' Climate Change Strategy

Q2 Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Agris On-line Papers in Economics and Informatics Pub Date : 2023-12-30 DOI:10.7160/aol.2023.150408

Dáša Ščurková, Marianna Marčanová

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This paper explores farmers' perceptions of climate change and their preferred adaptive and mitigatory strategies within Slovakia's Nitra region, aiming to devise recommendations for climate change-oriented agricultural policies. Our methodology incorporates an analysis of perspectives gathered from a regional survey using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and SuperDecisions software, complemented by a risk-attitude assessment using the modified Multiple Price Lists (MPL) method. A subsequent heterogeneity analysis correlates these preferences with respondents' socio-economic status and risk attitudes. Our findings underscore the use of improved, resilient seeds as a favored adaptation measure and reveal a correlation between farmers' socio-economic attributes and their climate change strategy preferences. Based on this, we propose inclusive, micro-level agricultural policies that prioritize the unique climatic needs of the Nitra region and strongly consider the priority viewpoints of farmers within this region, aiming to promote sustainable agriculture under changing climatic conditions.

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适应农业：抗性种子在农民气候变化战略中崛起的政策影响

本文探讨了斯洛伐克尼特拉地区农民对气候变化的看法及其偏好的适应和缓解策略，旨在为以气候变化为导向的农业政策提供建议。我们的方法包括使用层次分析法（AHP）和超级决策软件对地区调查中收集到的观点进行分析，并使用修改后的多重价目表（MPL）方法对风险态度进行评估。随后的异质性分析将这些偏好与受访者的社会经济地位和风险态度联系起来。我们的研究结果表明，改良的抗逆性种子是一种受欢迎的适应措施，并揭示了农民的社会经济属性与其气候变化策略偏好之间的相关性。在此基础上，我们提出了包容性的微观农业政策，优先考虑尼特拉地区独特的气候需求，并着重考虑该地区农民的优先观点，旨在促进气候变化条件下的可持续农业。

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期刊介绍： The international journal AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics is a scholarly open access, blind peer-reviewed by two reviewers, interdisciplinary, and fully refereed scientific journal. The journal is published quarterly on March 30, June 30, September 30 and December 30 of the current year by the Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics covers all areas of agriculture and rural development: -agricultural economics -agribusiness -agricultural policy and finance -agricultural management -agriculture''s contribution to rural development -information and communication technologies -information and database systems -e-business and internet marketing -ICT in environment -GIS, spatial analysis and landscape planning The journal provides a leading forum for an interaction and research on the above-mentioned topics of interest. The journal serves as a valuable resource for academics, policy makers and managers seeking up-to-date research on all areas of the subject. The journal prefers scientific papers by international teams of authors who deal with problems concerning the focus of our journal in the world-wide scope with relation to Europe.