Which factors determine adaptation to drought amongst farmers in Northern Thailand? Investigating farmers’ appraisals of risk and adaptation and their exposure to drought information communications as determinants of their adaptive responses

Drought communications constitute an important source of learning about climate risks and responses that can assist adaptation decision-making amongst those whose livelihoods are threatened by drought. This paper applies Protection Motivation Theory to explore associations between drought communicat...

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Published inMitigation and adaptation strategies for global change Vol. 29; no. 1; p. 6
Main Authors Sutcliffe, Chloe, Holman, Ian, Goodwin, Daniel, Salmoral, Gloria, Pardthaisong, Liwa, Visessri, Supattra, Ekkawatpanit, Chaiwat, Rey, Dolores
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.01.2024
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Adaptation
Agricultural production
Appraisals
Atmospheric Sciences
climate
Climate change
Climate Change Management and Policy
Communications
Data collection
Decision making
Developing countries
Drought
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Environmental Management
Environmental risk
Evaluation
Farmers
Food supply
LDCs
Livelihoods
motivation
Original Article
Risk
risk assessment
Thailand
Thailand
Climate change resilience
Drought risk perceptions
Thailand
Protection Motivation Theory
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Summary:Drought communications constitute an important source of learning about climate risks and responses that can assist adaptation decision-making amongst those whose livelihoods are threatened by drought. This paper applies Protection Motivation Theory to explore associations between drought communications and attitudes towards drought risk and adaptation amongst farmers in Northern Thailand. The analysis reveals links between drought communications, farmers’ adaptation appraisal, and their adaptation decisions, whilst links with risk appraisal are minimal. The results highlight positive feedbacks between adaptation experience and appraisal and reveal a weak negative relationship between risk appraisal and adaptation appraisal. The findings imply benefits to framing drought communications in terms of the efficacy and attainability of suitable adaptations, rather than simply highlighting drought risks or providing drought warnings, to best enable farmers to build drought resilience.
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ISSN:1381-2386
1573-1596
DOI:10.1007/s11027-023-10099-w