Project Overview
Commodities
Practices
- Farm Business Management: community-supported agriculture
- Sustainable Communities: social networks, sustainability measures
Abstract:
Climate variability directly threatens Florida's agricultural production and sustained growth. The detrimental effects of extreme weather events and unusual weather patterns often result in revenue losses, decreased crop yields, decreased soil quality, and the spread of pests and diseases. Farmers often engage in different adaptation measures and implement climate resilience strategies to respond to climate change's adverse effects. This project aimed to examine the impact of climate change perceptions, attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and community-based networks on climate change adaptation and reliance among Florida field-crop farmers. We evaluated the impact of community-based networks and their interactions with climate change perceptions and attitudes on adaptation and climate resilience strategies. Also, we investigated the role of climate change perceptions and community-based networks on climate change adaptation and resilience by farmers' intersectionality. Continued stakeholder involvement in project activities and evaluation was integrated through an independent Advisory Council. This project supports the development of Florida's sustainable agriculture by expanding our understanding of significant social and psychological predictors of climate change adaptation and resilience behaviors. Findings from this project provide further guidance for formulating and implementing future adaptation programs and climate resilience policies in agricultural production.
Project objectives:
- Evaluate the effects of Florida field-crop farmers' perceptions of climate variability and attitudes on adaptation and climate resilience strategies
- Examine the impact of community-based networks and their interactions with climate change perceptions and attitudes on adaptation and climate resilience strategies.
- Analyze the role of climate change perceptions and community-based networks on climate change adaptation and resilience by farmers' intersectionality.
- Incorporate stakeholder' recommendations in the execution of project activities and disseminate findings on climate change adaptation and climate resilience among Florida field-crop farmers.