How Mediterranean winegrowers perceive climate change

IF 1.9 Q2 AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

AIMS Agriculture and Food Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.3934/agrfood.2023023

Angelina De Pascale, C. Giannetto, A. Zirilli, A. Alibrandi, M. Lanfranchi

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Abstract

Farmers are the most affected by the negative impacts of climate change and, at the same time, are called upon to adapt to climate change. Despite this, the degree of perception and adaptive attitude of farmers to climate change is still quite limited, especially in smallholder family farms in the Mediterranean areas. This study explores the level of perception of climate change by PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) winegrowers in a region of southern Italy (Sicily) and the adaptation actions able to cope with climate change, using a nonparametric approach. The analysis is based on data collected through self-administered questionnaires submitted to 380 PDO winegrowers. For variables comparison the Mann Whitney and the Kruskall Wallis test were applied according to the number of compared samples (two or more independent samples, respectively). Results show how winegrowers' perceptions of climate change tends to vary according to age and education of the respondents and to altitude and size of vineyards. This study highlights how information and dissemination of knowledge among winegrowers play a strategic role in the perception of climate change, especially in rural and remote Mediterranean areas.

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地中海葡萄酒种植者如何看待气候变化

农民是受气候变化负面影响最大的群体，同时也被要求适应气候变化。尽管如此，农民对气候变化的认知程度和适应态度仍然相当有限，特别是在地中海地区的小农家庭农场。本研究采用非参数方法，探讨了意大利南部(西西里岛)地区PDO(受保护原产地)葡萄酒种植者对气候变化的感知水平，以及能够应对气候变化的适应行动。该分析是基于通过向380名PDO葡萄酒种植者提交的自我管理问卷收集的数据。对于变量比较，Mann Whitney检验和Kruskall Wallis检验根据比较样本的数量(分别为两个或多个独立样本)应用。结果显示，葡萄种植者对气候变化的看法往往会因受访者的年龄和教育程度以及葡萄园的海拔和规模而有所不同。这项研究强调了葡萄酒种植者之间的信息和知识传播如何在感知气候变化方面发挥战略作用，特别是在农村和偏远的地中海地区。

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AIMS Agriculture and Food AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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3.70

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8 weeks

期刊介绍： AIMS Agriculture and Food covers a broad array of topics pertaining to agriculture and food, including, but not limited to:  Agricultural and food production and utilization  Food science and technology  Agricultural and food engineering  Food chemistry and biochemistry  Food materials  Physico-chemical, structural and functional properties of agricultural and food products  Agriculture and the environment  Biorefineries in agricultural and food systems  Food security and novel alternative food sources  Traceability and regional origin of agricultural and food products  Authentication of food and agricultural products  Food safety and food microbiology  Waste reduction in agriculture and food production and processing  Animal science, aquaculture, husbandry and veterinary medicine  Resources utilization and sustainability in food and agricultural production and processing  Horticulture and plant science  Agricultural economics.