Perception and adaptation of pastoralists to climate variability and change in Morocco's arid rangelands.

ABSTRACT: Since the late 1970s, extensive livestock production in the high plateaus of Eastern Morocco, particularly of small ruminants, has been seriously threatened by climate change (CC). Negative impacts include reduction in rangeland forage production and water availability, increased poverty and inequality, and increased degradation of rangelands. Different categories of pastoralists have adopted different combinations of adaptation strategies, but the factors influencing adoption have not to date been investigated. This paper aims to identify the perceptions of pastoralists on CC, to analyze the adaptive responses of different wealth categories, and to determine the factors affecting the adoption of adaptation measures. The Mann-Kendall, Pettitt and Buishand tests and the standardized precipi

SUBMITTER: Snaibi W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8640479 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature