Is Technical Efficiency Affected by Farmers’ Preference for Mitigation and Adaptation Actions against Climate Change? A Case Study in Northwest Mexico
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Orduño Torres, Miguel Angel
Kallas, Zein
Ornelas Herrera, Selene Ivette
Guesmi, Bouali
Fecha de publicación
2019-06-14ISSN
2071-1050
Resumen
Climate change has adverse effects on agriculture, decreasing crop quality and productivity.
This makes it necessary to implement adaptation and mitigation strategies that contribute to the
maintenance of technical efficiency (TE). This study analyzed the relationship of TE with farmers’
mitigation and adaptation action preferences, their risk and environmental attitudes, and their
perception of climate change. Through the stochastic frontier method, TE levels were estimated
for 370 farmers in Northwest Mexico. The results showed the average efficiency levels (57%) for
three identified groups of farmers: High TE (15% of farmers), average TE (72%), and low TE (13%).
Our results showed a relationship between two of the preferred adaptation actions against climate
change estimated using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) method. The most efficient farmers
preferred “change crops,” while less efficient farmers preferred “invest in irrigation infrastructure.”
The anthropocentric environmental attitude inferred from the New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale
was related to the level of TE. Efficient farmers were those with an anthropocentric environmental
attitude, compared to less efficient farmers, who exhibited an ecocentric attitude. The climate change
issues were more perceived by moderately efficient farmers. These findings set out a roadmap for
policy-makers to face climate change at the regional level.
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English
Materias (CDU)
504 - Ciencias del medio ambiente
Páginas
15
Publicado por
MDPI
Publicado en
Sustainability
Citación
Orduño Torres, Miguel Angel, Zein Kallas, Selene Ivette Ornelas Herrera, and Bouali Guesmi. 2019. "Is Technical Efficiency Affected By Farmers’ Preference For Mitigation And Adaptation Actions Against Climate Change? A Case Study In Northwest Mexico". Sustainability 11 (12): 3291. MDPI AG. doi:10.3390/su11123291.
Program
Economia Agroalimentària
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