Adaptation to Climate Change by Smallholder Farmers: Evidence from Cameroon

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Obie Porteous, Middlebury College; Hubert Kpoumie Mounmemi, National Herbarium of Cameroon; Agnes Roche, Middlebury College; Manon Le Bourgeois, Middlebury College; Christiane Laurette Mayumgo Kamga, National Herbarium of Cameroon

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Porteous, Obie, Kpoumie Mounmemi, Hubert, Roche, Agnes, Le Bourgeois, Manon, and Mayumgo Kamga, Christiane Laurette. Adaptation to Climate Change by Smallholder Farmers: Evidence from Cameroon. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-10-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E209527V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This study investigates the ways in which smallholder farmers in Cameroon are being affected by and adapting to climate change. The data are from in-depth interviews with 45 farmers across 4 of Cameroon’s 10 regions. We find that 76% of interviewed farmers report lower harvests due to changes in their local climate, mostly due to disruptions in local rainfall patterns. Reported adaptation mechanisms are primarily changes in practices like input use and the timing of planting and harvesting rather than changes in crop choice, area cultivated, or economic activity.

Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources National Science Foundation (2017967)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms climate change; agriculture; adaptation; smallholder farmers; Cameroon
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Cameroon
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 1/8/2023 – 1/26/2023
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) survey data


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