Climate change vulnerability, adaptation and risk perceptions at farm level in Punjab, Pakistan

M Abid, J Schilling, J Scheffran, F Zulfiqar - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Pakistan is among the countries highly exposed and vulnerable to climate change. The
country has experienced many severe floods, droughts and storms over the last decades …

Farmers' perceptions of and adaptation strategies to climate change and their determinants: the case of Punjab province, Pakistan

M Abid, J Scheffran, UA Schneider… - Earth System …, 2015 - esd.copernicus.org
Climate change is a global environmental threat to all economic sectors, particularly the
agricultural sector. Pakistan is one of the countries negatively affected by climate change …

Adaptation to climate change and its impacts on food productivity and crop income: Perspectives of farmers in rural Pakistan

M Abid, UA Schneider, J Scheffran - Journal of Rural Studies, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Evaluation of the ongoing efforts for farm level adaptation to climate change is
crucial to understand their effectiveness and to suggest further actions at the policy level …

Agricultural advisory and financial services; farm level access, outreach and impact in a mixed crop** district of Punjab, Pakistan

E Elahi, M Abid, L Zhang, S Ul Haq, JGM Sahito - Land use policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Current agricultural growth in most of the develo** countries including Pakistan is
stagnant due to huge gaps between actual and potential crop productivity. Better access to …

Status and determinants of small farming households' food security and role of market access in enhancing food security in rural Pakistan

UI Ahmed, L Ying, MK Bashir, M Abid, F Zulfiqar - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
In most of the develo** countries, lack of resources and little market accessibility are
among the major factors that affect small farming household food security. This study aims to …

Assessing risk perceptions and attitude among cotton farmers: A case of Punjab province, Pakistan

MA Iqbal, Q **, M Abid, SMM Kazmi… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Cotton farmers have to deal with various kind of environmental and production risks. Risk
attitude and perceptions play an important role in sha** farmers' decision regarding farm …

Impact of climate smart agriculture (CSA) through sustainable irrigation management on Resource use efficiency: A sustainable production alternative for cotton

MA Imran, A Ali, M Ashfaq, S Hassan, R Culas, C Ma - Land Use Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) improves agricultural productivity and enhance farm income
on a sustainable basis, enhance water and nutrients use efficiency, resilient to climatic …

Analysis of wheat farmers' risk perceptions and attitudes: evidence from Punjab, Pakistan

D Ahmad, M Afzal, A Rauf - Natural Hazards, 2019 - Springer
Agriculture involves multiple risks of which environmental and production threats are major
ones. Farmers' risk attitudes and risk perceptions have a significant role in dealing with their …

The role of social networks in agricultural adaptation to climate change: Implications for sustainable agriculture in Pakistan

M Abid, G Ngaruiya, J Scheffran, F Zulfiqar - Climate, 2017 - mdpi.com
Incorporating adaptation into subsistence farming systems is an important strategy to reduce
damages related to climate change and to protect livelihoods in develo** countries. Using …

Maize yield in smallholder agriculture system—An approach integrating socio-economic and crop management factors

S Dutta, S Chakraborty, R Goswami, H Banerjee… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Yield gaps of maize (Zea mays L.) in the smallholder farms of eastern India are outcomes of
a complex interplay of climatic variations, soil fertility gradients, socio-economic factors, and …