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dc.contributor.authorChiankem, Bidias Ndemaze
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-29T23:42:40Z
dc.date.available2022-08-29T23:42:40Z
dc.date.issued2022-08-01
dc.date.submitted2022-08-29T22:00:22Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3014189
dc.description.abstractClimate change is a veritable challenge to the sustainability of small-scale farmer's livelihoods in Cameroon. The impacts of climate change are increasingly becoming a serious threat to the survival of small-scale potato farmers who are highly neglected by the Cameroon government despite their ingenious efforts to respond by adapting to the disastrous impacts of climate change. Adaptation which is considered as a resilience measure to climate change impacts is progressing quite slowly due to a number of constraints. This study examined the perceptions of small-scale potato farmers on the impacts and response strategies of climate change. The study employed an in-depth interview and household survey techniques through a semi-structured interview questionnaires alongside participant observation to acquire data. Key informants interviewed using convenient and purposive sampling, shared their opinions and shed light on potato farming and climate change impacts. Participants through their experiences, perceived and defined climate change as prolonged periods of dry season, late start of the rainy season, increase temperatures, sunshine, and high variation in rainfall. The findings indicated that a fall in productivity, yield and income of farmers, high incidents of potato diseases, scarcity of water for irrigation, increased cost of production through the high cost of adaptable inputs to the high application of agrochemicals and fertilizers were observed as the climate changed impacts on small scale potato farmers. Through participants knowledge and experiences of climate change impacts farmers responded by modifying their farming practices to adapt to the impacts of climate change. Amongst the recurrent strategies adopted include irrigation, constant change of seeds, high application of agrochemicals, fertilizers, and change of planting dates. Most of the strategies are spontaneous and individualistic rather than planned strategies of the NAPACC. The findings also revealed that the adaptation strategies have had serious challenges that have rendered strategies very limited thus increasing the vulnerability of these farmers to climate change impacts. Most of the challenges accounted for were related to the government’s inability to successfully accompany small-scale potato farmers by promoting their adaptation efforts and in turn promote agriculture. The study recommended the setting up of small-scale affordable irrigation schemes, protection of water catchments to solve the problem of water scarcity, subsidizing of agrochemicals and fertilizers through the increase of adaptation financing, and the use of more organic fertilizers and manual than chemical fertilizers
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherThe University of Bergen
dc.rightsCopyright the Author. All rights reserved
dc.titleImpacts and Adaptation of Small-scale Potatoes Farmers to Climate Change in the Western Highlands of Cameroon, A case study of the impacts and adaptation of small-scale potato farmers to climate change in the Western Highlands of Cameroon
dc.typeMaster thesis
dc.date.updated2022-08-29T22:00:22Z
dc.rights.holderCopyright the Author. All rights reserved
dc.description.degreeMaster's Thesis in Geography
dc.description.localcodeGEO350
dc.description.localcodeMASV-PHYG
dc.description.localcodeMASV-GEOG
dc.description.localcodeMASV-MEHA
dc.description.localcodeMPGEOGR
dc.subject.nus733111
fs.subjectcodeGEO350
fs.unitcode15-41-0


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