Climate variability and change or multiple stressors? Farmer perceptions regarding threats to livelihoods in Zimbabwe and Zambia

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 102, Issue , 2012, Pages 9-17

  Mubaya, Chipo Plaxedes ^a   Njuki, Jemimah ^b,e   Mutsvangwa, Eness Paidamoyo ^c   Mugabe, Francis Temba ^a,f   Nanja, Durton ^d  

^a MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Zimbabwe)

^b International Centre for Tropical Agriculture   (Zimbabwe)

^c International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics ICRISAT   (Zimbabwe)

^d Zambia Meteorology   (Zambia)

^e INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^f Chinhoyi University of Technology   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate variability; Farmers; Multiple stressors; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; RISK PERCEPTION;

'DRY' [; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE; EXTREME CONDITIONS; EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS; FARMER; FARMER PERCEPTION; MULTIPLE STRESSORS; SMALLHOLDER FARMERS; ZIMBABWE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FLOOD; FOOD SECURITY; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALLHOLDER; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; VULNERABILITY;

AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; LIFESTYLE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84858733883     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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