Abstract

A series of factors affect the social perception of hazards in a rural context. This article analyzes how weather conditions influence farmers' perceptions of natural hazards. In order to understand the relationship between time of year/season and farmers' concerns about hazards, this study was undertaken. The methodology was based on surveys done to obtain a base-collection of primary data, as well as a meteorological and production analysis using secondary data. A case study of small coffee farms was carried out in a Brazilian municipality with questionnaires applied during the dry season in 2016 and the rainy season in 2017. The results indicate that drought is the main hazard identified by farmers in both weather seasons. Although there were some changes in perceptions observed, the ranking order of the main hazards did not change over the dry and rainy weather seasons.

Keywords

extreme climate event; hazard; perception

Published in

Sustainability
2020, Volume: 12, number: 6, article number: 2251

SLU Authors

• Lana, Marcos

  • Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su12062251

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/104846