Factors Affecting Smallholders' Perception of Climate Change in Eritrea.

ABSTRACT: Understanding how smallholder farmers perceive and respond to climate change is critical for informing adaptation strategies. Using survey data from 261 smallholder dairy farmers in Eritrea, this study applies the Model of Private Proactive Adaptation to Climate Change (MPPACC) to examine the perception of climate change. The objectives were to (i) develop and validate indices of perception, threat appraisal, and coping appraisal, (ii) explore factors associated with these indices, and (iii) examine associations among perception, threat appraisal, and coping appraisal. Reliability of constructs was assessed using Cronbach's α, while validity was evaluated through principal axis factoring. A regression-based parallel mediation model with 5000 bootstrapped resamples was employed to estimate

SUBMITTER: Kidane TT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12858499 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature