Targeting smallholder farmers for climate information services adoption in Africa: A systematic literature review

IF 4 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Rejoice S. Nyoni , Guillaume Bruelle , Regis Chikowo , Nadine Andrieu
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Seventy percent of smallholder farmers in Africa depend on rainfed farming systems, making them vulnerable to climate variability and extremes. Climate information services (CIS) adoption by smallholder farmers in Africa presents a promising solution for adaptation to climate variability. This paper unravels the complexities around climate services for smallholder farmers and explores opportunities to tailor CIS for the resources of smallholder farmers. We use a systematic literature review approach to assess how the human, social, physical/technical, natural and financial capitals may affect awareness, access and use of CIS by smallholder farmers. The study is based on 33 papers from Africa. Majority of the studies gave emphasis on education, information communication and technology literacy levels and advisory services as influencing CIS access, use and uptake. The results highlight that better resourced smallholder farmers have higher access and are more likely to adopt CIS. The human capital emerged as an important component of CIS adoption as it directly determines how the farmer makes decisions on the farm. The natural capital determines the specific preference for CIS when the financial and economic capitals enable farmers acting according to the information received. The social capital provides a basis for farmers to benefit from compounded resources. Thus, the livelihood resource capitals of the target farmers must be considered in CIS information production and dissemination to improve the chances of CIS adoption by vulnerable groups that is illiterate, women, elderly, farmers in agroecological zones prone to climate extremes and poorly resourced farmers.

针对非洲小农采用气候信息服务:系统文献综述
非洲 70% 的小农依赖雨水灌溉的耕作制度,这使他们很容易受到气候多变性和极端气候的影响。非洲小农采用气候信息服务(CIS)是适应气候多变性的一个很有前景的解决方案。本文揭示了为小农提供气候服务的复杂性,并探讨了针对小农资源定制气候信息服务的机会。我们采用系统的文献综述方法,评估人力、社会、物质/技术、自然和金融资本如何影响小农对 CIS 的认识、获取和使用。本研究以非洲的 33 篇论文为基础。大多数研究都强调了教育、信息通信和技术扫盲水平以及咨询服务对获取、使用和吸收 CIS 的影响。研究结果表明,资源丰富的小农有更多机会接触和采用 CIS。人力资本是采用 CIS 的重要组成部分,因为它直接决定了农民如何在农场做出决策。自然资本决定了农民对 CIS 的具体偏好,而金融和经济资本则使农民能够根据收到的信息采取行动。社会资本为农民从复合资源中获益提供了基础。因此,在生产和传播 CIS 信息时,必须考虑目标农民的生计资源资本,以提高弱势群体(文盲、妇女、老人、易受极端气候影响的农业生态区农民和资源贫乏的农民)采用 CIS 的机会。
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Climate Services
Climate Services Multiple-
CiteScore
5.30
自引率
15.60%
发文量
62
期刊介绍: The journal Climate Services publishes research with a focus on science-based and user-specific climate information underpinning climate services, ultimately to assist society to adapt to climate change. Climate Services brings science and practice closer together. The journal addresses both researchers in the field of climate service research, and stakeholders and practitioners interested in or already applying climate services. It serves as a means of communication, dialogue and exchange between researchers and stakeholders. Climate services pioneers novel research areas that directly refer to how climate information can be applied in methodologies and tools for adaptation to climate change. It publishes best practice examples, case studies as well as theories, methods and data analysis with a clear connection to climate services. The focus of the published work is often multi-disciplinary, case-specific, tailored to specific sectors and strongly application-oriented. To offer a suitable outlet for such studies, Climate Services journal introduced a new section in the research article type. The research article contains a classical scientific part as well as a section with easily understandable practical implications for policy makers and practitioners. The journal''s focus is on the use and usability of climate information for adaptation purposes underpinning climate services.
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