Quantifying climate-induced drought risk to livelihood and mitigation actions in Balochistan.

ABSTRACT: Climate change-induced disasters show the highest risk for agriculture and livelihoods in rural areas of developing countries. Due to changing rainfall pattern, the arid and semiarid region of Pakistan faces frequent droughts. Farming communities affected by drought disasters are causing serious threats to livelihood, global food crises, environmental migration, and sustainable development. The existing study was designed to quantify two key components through (1) analysis of agrometeorological data (1981-2017) with exploratory data analysis and Mann-Kendall trend analysis; (2) extensive field survey (200 households). The multivariate probit model has been run to detect determinants of coping and adaptive strategies by farmers. Our results showed that the farmers supposed that temperature

SUBMITTER: Ashraf M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8300988 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature