A study evaluating the extrinsic and intrinsic determinants of farmers' adoption of climate change adaptation strategies: A novel approach for improving farmers' health

Shah Fahad; Tuan Nguyen-Anh; Nguyen To-The; Huong Nguyen-Thi-Lan; Abdelmohsen A Nassani; Mohamed Haffar

doi:10.1016/j.onehlt.2023.100501

A study evaluating the extrinsic and intrinsic determinants of farmers' adoption of climate change adaptation strategies: A novel approach for improving farmers' health

One Health. 2023 Feb 8:16:100501. doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2023.100501. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Authors

Shah Fahad^{1

2}, Tuan Nguyen-Anh³, Nguyen To-The^{3

4}, Huong Nguyen-Thi-Lan³, Abdelmohsen A Nassani⁵, Mohamed Haffar⁶

Affiliations

¹ School of Economics and Management, Leshan Normal University, Leshan 614000, China.
² School of Management, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.
³ VNU University of Economics and Business, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Viet Nam.
⁴ TIMAS, Thang Long University, Viet Nam.
⁵ Department of Management, College of Business Administration, King Saud University, P.O. Box 71115, Riyadh 11587, Saudi Arabia.
⁶ Department of Management, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TY, UK.

Abstract

Small-scale farmers living in mountainous areas are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Although governments have implemented various support programs and policies to support a range of farmers to tackle climatic changes, there are still several difficulties in the implementation of these adaptation strategies. Using the survey data of 758 small-scale farmers this paper employs Multivariate Probit (MVP) and Poisson regression models to measure the effects of intrinsic and extrinsic factors affecting farmers adaptation decision in rural Vietnam. The results reveal that the extrinsic factors such as annual rainfall variations and farm size motivate farmers' adoption of their adaptations. The findings also reveal that the political connection has a significantly positive impact on the respondents' selection, while government interference such as extension training programs has a negative association with the farmers adaptation choice. Public extension programs should be simultaneously redesigned to support farmers in mitigating the impacts of climate change.

Keywords: Adaptation measures; Climate change; Multivariate probit approach; Risk mitigation; Vietnam.