نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 گروه مدیریت و توسعه کشاورزی، دانشکده کشاورزی، دانشگاه تهران، تهران، ایران
2 گروه احیاء مناطق خشک و کوهستانی، دانشکده منابع طبیعی، دانشگاه تهران، کرج، ایران
3 بخش تحقیقات اقتصادی، مرکز تحقیقات و آموزش کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی استان همدان، سازمان تحقیقات، آموزش و ترویج کشاورزی، همدان، ایران.
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
Rangelands worldwide are vast and crucial to the global economy and millions of people's livelihoods. However, they face serious climate threats, leading to their degradation, which has become a major environmental and social issue. One key problem is that livestock farmers in the grazing system are becoming more vulnerable to climate change. This research was conducted as a survey to investigate the challenges livestock farmers face in adapting to climate change within grazing systems in Tafresh County. Employing a quantitative research approach, 116 livestock farmers were randomly selected from a population of 901 for interviews, with 115 completed questionnaires analyzed. Data were subjected to confirmatory factor analysis using the partial least squares method with SMART PLS3 software, confirming the model's reliability and validity. A 48-item scale using a five-point Likert scale assessed the challenges livestock farmers face in adapting to climate change, categorized into social, economic, and environmental challenges. The findings revealed that social challenges (β=0.822) were the most influential, followed by environmental challenges (β=0.788) and economic challenges (β=0.667), impacting livestock farmers' ability to adapt to climate change in grazing systems in Tafresh County. To enhance adaptation efforts, it is crucial to implement watershed and soil protection plans and carbon sequestration projects, promote collaboration, and facilitate knowledge exchange among formal and informal institutional stakeholders. Embracing innovative solutions is essential to strengthen livestock farmers' resilience to climate change's impacts.
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