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Vulnerability to Climate Change: Adaptation Strategies and Layers of Resilience – Quantifying Vulnerability to Climate Change in Thailand

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306-2012
 
Title Vulnerability to Climate Change: Adaptation Strategies and Layers of Resilience – Quantifying Vulnerability to Climate
Change in Thailand
 
Creator Wannasai, N
Walaiporn, S
Pornparn, S
Chutima, K
Praphan, P
Benjamas, K
Ratchada, P
Dararat, M
Margaret C, Y
Kritsana, T
Chanaporn, K
Bantilan, M C S
Singh, N P
 
Subject Climate change
 
Description This report was prepared as part of the ADB funded project “Vulnerability to Climate Change: Adaptation
Strategies and Layers of Resilience”. The study tried to address the perception of farmers on changes in
climate variables, trends in village level institutions and other socio-economic variables such as cropping
pattern, natural resources, constraints in effective adaptation. Purposive stratified sampling techniques
were adopted in selecting the study area and the households. Four villages from northeast region of
Thailand (two villages from Chok Chai district and 2 villages from Chatturat district) were selected for this
study. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected through farmer surveys, group discussions and
key informant interviews. The villagers perceived a reduction in rainfall and increase in variability including
onset of major rainy season. The villages have been experiencing increased incidence of drought resulting in
yield loss, non- availability of water for irrigation, increased pest and diseases attack, and migration. Farmers
perceived a minor increase in agriculture over the years; however, there is still a trend of diversification of
livelihood among farmers from traditional agriculture to high-value crops and other non-agricultural sectors.
Over the years, there have been slow but steady improvements in the human development indicators,
village infrastructure and collective initiatives in all the study villages. Increased diversification in cropping
pattern, improvement in market access, etc, are seen in these villages. The rural community in the study
villages tries to cope with these changes by reducing expenses on food, working as agricultural or non-farm
labor, leasing crop land, making changes in cropping pattern and in crop management strategies. The higher
degree of impact of these climate-related risks is comparatively on landless and smallholder farmers than
on medium and large farmers. They have identified a list of constraints that prevents them from succeeding
in efficient adaptation such as lack of sufficient information on climate change and potential adaptation
technologies, sufficient support programs, market and other livelihood options.
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Date 2013
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/8117/1/J306_2012%20Res%20Rep%2013.pdf
Wannasai, N and Walaiporn, S and Pornparn, S and Chutima, K and Praphan, P and Benjamas, K and Ratchada, P and Dararat, M and Margaret C, Y and Kritsana, T and Chanaporn, K and Bantilan, M C S and Singh, N P (2013) Vulnerability to Climate Change: Adaptation Strategies and Layers of Resilience – Quantifying Vulnerability to Climate Change in Thailand. Monograph. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.