Call Prefix : PR-T

Call Suffix : 2014

Call Cutter : T - AgSy1

Location : SEARCA Library

Format : TD

Publisher : Chiang Mai University,

Publication Date : December 2014

Publication Place : Thailand :

Summary : This thesis presented the farmers' perception of climate pressure in Ea H'leo District, DakLak province, Central highland of Vietnam. The study attempted to confirm the farmers' perception of climate pressure through asking them about changing in temperature and rainfall, types of change of climate and compared with climate data recorded from 2001 to 2013 as well. It was used in interviews of 176 farm households in coffee production. Frequency and percentage of respondents were used to characterize farmers' perception of changes in temperature and precipitation. The results indicated that there were 75% of respondents with the level of agree to change in temperature and rainfall. About 77.27% of the farmers perceived the temperature in the Ea H'leo District to be increasing and 66.48% of respondents observed a decrease trend in the annual amount of rainfall. The farmers' perception also appeared to be in accordance with the statistical record in the region. The statistical finding explored socio-economic variables included age, education, coffee growing experience, access to climate information, access to extension services and irrigation option had statistically significant impacts to farmers' perception about changing in temperature and rainfall at 1%, 5% level while gender, total income and access to credit are insignificant with effect relating to perceptions. The findings of gross margin analysis also shown that the group of high adaptation levels obtained the highest profitability per hectare per year per household through selling coffee at a higher price, adapting efficient irrigation techniques and high knowledge for applying appropriate adaptation strategies for their coffee gardens.