Farmers Perceptions about Climate Change Vulnerabilities and their Adaptation Measures in District Swat
Muhammad Suleman Bacha1*, Mohammad Nafees1 and Syed Adnan2
1Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar; 2University of Eastern Finland. Faculty of Forest Sciences. PO Box 111, Joensuu, Finland.
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Figure 1
Map of the study area
Figure 2
Temperature variation in mean annual maximum and mean annual minimum temperature for 31-year dataset (Source: PMD Data)
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Variation of mean annual prepetition in the last 31 years (1985-2015) (Source: PMD Data)
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Perceived causes of climate change in the study area (Source: Primary data from interviews)
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Perceived impacts of climate change in the study area (Source: Primary data from interviews)
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Damages received to the farming lands in the study area (Source: Primary data from interviews)
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Percentage of the crop production affected due to natural disasters in the past 10 years (Source: Primary data from interviews)
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Farmer perceptions about the major problems affecting crop production in the study area (Source: Primary data from interviews)
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Local adaptation and coping strategies to climate change vulnerabilities in Agriculture based livelihoods in Barikiot, Ghaligay and Shamozai UCs (Source: Primary data from interviews)