Open AccessAgriculture Adaptation Strategies of Tunisian Oasis Households to Climate Change
Author(s) -
Amira Abdelhamid,
Houcine Jeder,
Salah Ahmed
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
agriculture and food sciences research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2518-0193
pISSN - 2411-6653
DOI - 10.20448/aesr.v9i1.3758
Subject(s) - agriculture , probit model , climate change , agricultural productivity , production (economics) , psychological resilience , probit , agricultural economics , geography , business , natural resource economics , environmental resource management , economics , psychology , ecology , macroeconomics , archaeology , psychotherapist , econometrics , biology
Climate change should have impacts on Tunisian arid regions oasis households are likely to bear the most significant negative impacts, the case of the oasis of "Metouia" in the governorate of "Gabes". This research is based on an econometric analysis through cross-sectional probit models involving 50 oasis households. The binary probit models showed that certain factors contribute significantly to the adaptation strategies identified, such as: the age of the agricultural household head, agriculture as a main activity, the agricultural production system adopted the mode of ownership of agricultural land, extension for farmers. All actions aimed at improving the resilience of Tunisian oasis agricultural households to climate change focus mainly on the strategies adopted by farmers in terms of water management, the technical choices and the production systems adopted combined with the experience and local know-how.