Open AccessClimate change effects on agriculture in thabaung township, ayeyarwady region, Myanmar: challenges and perceptions of farmers
Author(s) -
Khin Khin Soe
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/451/1/012030
Subject(s) - livelihood , agriculture , swot analysis , flood myth , geography , environmental planning , flooding (psychology) , likert scale , climate change , distribution (mathematics) , environmental resource management , socioeconomics , business , psychology , ecology , mathematical analysis , statistics , environmental science , mathematics , archaeology , marketing , sociology , psychotherapist , biology
In the Thabaung township, Ayeyarwady river delta region, the majority of the farmers derive their livelihood from subsistent farming. With climate change expected to result in increased flooding, the impacts on these poor rural farmers will be significant and since adaptation is not cheap, prioritizing responses by sectors becomes essential. This paper is focused the impact of flood on agriculture and farmers perceptions and their challenges. The economy of Thabaung Township is largely depends on agriculture but, at the same time, the study area is subjected to floods annually. The paper is based on quantitative and qualitative fieldwork in Thabaung in 2019. First a literature review took place and secondary data (paddy production) was collected from General Administrative Department, Department of Agricultural Land Management and Statistics of Thabaung Township. Within the paper some quantitative methods, common for analyzing (semi-) standardized questionnaires like Likert scale, cluster analysis is used to show the spatial distribution of agriculture condition of flood prone areas were used. Then key actors were asked in qualitative open interviews with local experts (farmers). Finally, a SWOT analysis comes to a comprehensive assessment.