Climate Change Adaptation Strategy in Agriculture (Rostam County)

Abstract

Climate change adaptation strategies, especially understanding agriculture, are strategies to mitigate climate change impacts. These strategies are addressed in three concepts: climate change adaptation strategies and problems. Iran needs climate change adaptation strategies with dry climates, successive droughts, and rising temperatures. Two indicators of climate change adaptation Adaptation strategy index (ASI) and Problem Confrontation Index (PCI) were used to analyze climate change adaptation strategies in Fars province agriculture. The findings showed that more than 90% of respondents understand and seek adaptation to climate change and its effects. They have chosen irrigation and technology modernization strategies, drought-resistant varieties (rapeseed, medicinal plants), shifting cultivation time, greenhouse cultivation, and variety of crop varieties and activities as adaptive strategies to climate change. Weak finances, high price fluctuations, low productivity, technical skill, and the complicated rules of the bureaucracy in financing were the most important problems in the implementation and success of strategies. Therefore, it is possible to achieve more successful climate change strategies by establishing a financial support system (such as Grameen Bank of Bangladesh), training and enhancing users' technical knowledge and sustaining revenue sources.

Keywords

• climate change
• adaptation strategy index
• agriculture
• rostam county