Open AccessPerceptions of climate change and adaptation in Hungarian agriculture: results of an interview study
Author(s) -
Ferenc Jankó,
Nikoletta Németh,
Laura Bertalan,
Judit Pappné Vancsó
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
studies in agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2063-0476
pISSN - 1418-2106
DOI - 10.7896/j.1616
Subject(s) - adaptation (eye) , agriculture , perception , climate change , climate change adaptation , agribusiness , economics , political science , sociology , psychology , geography , ecology , archaeology , neuroscience , biology
In this paper, the results of an interview survey of farmers in Győr-Moson-Sopron, Fejér, Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok,\udPest and Zala (NUTS 3) counties of Hungary are used to demonstrate the major factors of climate change perception, such as\udthe terms psychological climate, temporality and problem localisation. Adaptation strategies are also discussed. The interview\udresults underline the subjectivity of temporality as well as the fact that the phenomenon of localisation and the narratives for\udplace attachment differ when climate change is interpreted within the locality. Considering adaptation, it seems that Hungarian\udagriculture includes individuals who can be regarded as leaders or as people escaping ahead in terms of climatic adaptation, but\udthe majority seems to be unable to follow them because they lack the necessary knowledge, technology or financial resources