Agricultural climate change adaptation in Kebumen, central Java, Indonesia

Sekaranom, Andung Bayu and Nurjani, Emilya and Nucifera, Fitria (2021) Agricultural climate change adaptation in Kebumen, central Java, Indonesia. Sustainability (Switzerland), 13 (13). ISSN 20711050

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Abstract

Productive agricultural areas in Kebumen, Central Java, Indonesia are potentially vulner-able to the adverse impacts of climate change. We surveyed small-scale farmers to assess climate change-related perceptions and adaptations in the agriculture sector. The majority of the respondents agreed that there were changes in climatological variables affecting their farming activities, especially in terms of precipitation and temperature. However, the results also revealed that only 13 of respondents believed that human activities play a significant role. Three forms of adaptations have been developed by the farmers, namely: (1) agricultural diversification, (2) agricultural intensification, and (3) socioeconomic adaptation. Changing crops to more climate-tolerant varieties was one of the most common agricultural diversification practices (implemented by 88 of farmers). Most of the farmers also tried to maintain agricultural productivity by adjusting a local planting calendar (implemented by 94 of farmers). The use of machinery to intensify farming practice was an uncommon strategy (implemented by only 30 of farmers) because of expensive maintenance and small cultivation areas. The results suggested the importance of increasing farmers’ knowledge and technological know-how related to climate change and its implications, developing effective adaptation and mitigation efforts, and constructing climate-resilient infrastructure in the agricultural sector. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Cited by: 21; All Open Access, Gold Open Access
Uncontrolled Keywords: Central Java; Indonesia; adaptive management; agricultural diversification; agroindustry; climate change; cultivation; environmental factor; human activity; spatiotemporal analysis
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
Divisions: Faculty of Geography > Departemen Geografi Lingkungan
Depositing User: Sri JUNANDI
Date Deposited: 02 Oct 2024 06:02
Last Modified: 02 Oct 2024 06:02
URI: https://ir.lib.ugm.ac.id/id/eprint/4099

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