Perception of change: Narratives and strategies of farmers in Madagascar

•Reactive adaptation measures are largely adopted as opposed to proactive ones.•The great majority of changes affecting farmers are stresses as opposed to shocks.•Close to a quarter of participants have no contingency plan should a shock occur.•Five attitudes towards coping with change were identifi...

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Published inJournal of rural studies Vol. 56; pp. 76 - 86
Main Authors Stoudmann, Natasha, Waeber, Patrick O., Randriamalala, Ihoby H., Garcia, Claude
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elmsford Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2017
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects
Adaptation
Attitudes
Climate change
Depletion
Ecosystem services
Ecosystems
Environmental changes
Environmental degradation
Environmental policy
Eradication
Escape
Farmers
Food consumption
Natural resources
Policy making
Poverty
Small farms
Social systems
Sustainable development
Variation
Vulnerability
Madagascar
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Summary:•Reactive adaptation measures are largely adopted as opposed to proactive ones.•The great majority of changes affecting farmers are stresses as opposed to shocks.•Close to a quarter of participants have no contingency plan should a shock occur.•Five attitudes towards coping with change were identified.•Farmers place most importance on QoL related to physical and financial capitals.
ISSN:0743-0167
1873-1392
DOI:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.09.001