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<p>The Albanian agriculture sector is deeply affected by climate change. To cope with climate change, it is necessary to understand its consequences. The views of agriculture extension service experts are crucial in improving farmers’ understanding and resilience, especially when farming practices are poorly adapted to the changing climate. This paper analyses the risks from climate change and the adaptive capacity of farmers based on an expert evaluation survey. The respondents identified prolongation of drought durations, rising temperatures, above-average occurrences of floods, pre-seasonal rainfall and frost as primary risks during recent years. Extension experts view a high (negative) impact from climate change through processes such as increased plant diseases occurrence, increased exposure to rodents, harmful insects and pests for plants and livestock, as well as forest and pasture degradation. The paper also provides experts’ opinions on the policy implications, such as considerations about adaptation strategies towards climate change.</p>
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The Albanian agriculture sector is deeply affected by climate change. To cope with climate change, it is necessary to understand its consequences. The views of agriculture extension service experts are crucial in improving farmers’ understanding and resilience, especially when farming practices are poorly adapted to the changing climate. This paper analyses the risks from climate change and the adaptive capacity of farmers based on an expert evaluation survey. The respondents identified prolongation of drought durations, rising temperatures, above-average occurrences of floods, pre-seasonal rainfall and frost as primary risks during recent years. Extension experts view a high (negative) impact from climate change through processes such as increased plant diseases occurrence, increased exposure to rodents, harmful insects and pests for plants and livestock, as well as forest and pasture degradation. The paper also provides experts’ opinions on the policy implications, such as considerations about adaptation strategies towards climate change.

Awareness of Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in Agriculture – The Case of Albania

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague and CERGE EI

European Countryside

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The Albanian agriculture sector is deeply affected by climate change. To cope with climate change, it is necessary to understand its consequences. The views of...

Awareness of Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in Agriculture – The Case of Albania

Publié en ligne: 05 janv. 2023

Pages: 604 - 622

Reçu: 17 sept. 2021

Accepté: 07 sept. 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2022-0030

Mots clés
Climate change, agriculture extension service, agriculture, Mediterranean, Albania

© 2022 Edvin Zhllima et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Awareness of Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in Agriculture – The Case of Albania

Publié en ligne: 05 janv. 2023

Pages: 604 - 622

Reçu: 17 sept. 2021

Accepté: 07 sept. 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2022-0030

Mots clésClimate change, agriculture extension service, agriculture, Mediterranean, Albania

© 2022 Edvin Zhllima et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Climate change, agriculture extension service, agriculture, Mediterranean, Albania