| dc.description.abstract | Climate change increases the vulnerability of agricultural sector due to the increasing threat from pest attacks.
Mitigation of a threat that results from climate change requires adaptation strategies. This study investigates
farmers’ willingness to participate in the process of climate change adaptation in Yogyakarta, Indonesia; particularly
in facing the increasing risk of pest attacks. Using a logistic regression model, we tested the impacts of
social capital on farmers’ willingness to participate. The results showed that 70% of farmers were willing to
contribute financially to the adaptation process. This participation was positively correlated with high social
capital, which consists of high level of trust, community engagement, and personal relations with people in other
villages. This study contributes to the literature by highlighting the potential roles of social capital in the process
of climate change adaptation in agricultural sector.
1. Introduction
Climate change is indicated by extreme weather, unpredictable
temperature, and fluctuating rainfall. Studies have shown that climate
change may reduce a country’s overall agro-economy performance
(Fischer et al., 2005; Georgescu et al., 2011; Lobell et al., 2008); hence
may threaten food security (Krishnamurthy et al., 2009, 2014;
Richardson et al., 2018). In South East Asia, climate vulnerability may
decrease the production of grains and maize by approximately 10%
(IPCC-TGICA, 2007). In Indonesia, climate change causes water
shortage, lowers soil moisture, decreases soil fertility, and increases
evaporation and precipitation (Measey, 2010). Overall, this poses a
threat to food security. Research shows that Indonesian paddy production
was reduced by about 25% due to climate change in 2014
(Fadhliani, 2016). Climate change could also increase sea levels and
flood rice and shrimp farms (Measey, 2010). Saptutyningsih and Ma’ruf
(2016) have shown that farms in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, were highly
affected by climate change e.g. flood and drought that could damage
agricultural lands and pest attacks on crops (Baehaki and Widiarta,
2009; Romadhon, 2007; BBPOPT, 2015; Deptan, 2009) that may have a
major cause of production failure (see Fig. 1). Climate change affects
social and economic sustainability of the agricultural sector, both directly
and indirectly. | en_US |
