Adaptation barriers and strategies towards climate change: Challenges in the agricultural sector

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 156, Issue , 2017, Pages 698-706

  Masud, Muhammad Mehedi ^a,g   Azam, Mohammad Nurul ^b,c   Mohiuddin, Muhammad ^d   Banna, Hasanul ^a,g   Akhtar, Rulia ^e   Alam, A S A Ferdous ^f,g   Begum, Halima ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c DAFFODIL INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^f UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^g Institute of Integrated Research Society of Bangladesh (IIRB)   (Bangladesh)

^h UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Agriculture; Barriers; Climate change; Farmers' perception; Strategies

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION; ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; BARRIERS; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; FARMERS' PERCEPTIONS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; STRATEGIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 85019128522     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.04.060     Document Type: Article

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