Shaping farmers' beliefs, risk perception and adaptation response through Construct Level Theory in the southwest Iran.

ABSTRACT: Due to the severe effects of climate change on the agricultural sector, urgent action is required on the part of farmers and is, indeed, critical to reducing climate change impacts. However, reports globally revealed farmers' engagement in climate change adaptation is still insufficient, ambivalent, and inconsistent and farmers do not consider adaptation to be urgent. Researchers have argued that this issue is rooted in psychological biases beside other factors. Therefore, the aim of this study is to evaluate how psychological distance determines climate change beliefs, risk perception and adaptation strategies among Iranian farmers. A cross-sectional paper-based survey was conducted in the Dasht-e Azadegan county of Khuzestan province in southwest Iran. The study sample consisted of 250 f

SUBMITTER: Yazdanpanah M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10085993 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature