Published
2022-03-08
Issue
Section
Articles
How to Cite
Agriculture Adaptation Strategies of Tunisian Oasis Households to Climate Change
Amira Abdelhamid
Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Tunis El-Manar, Tunisia.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7958-4894
Houcine Jeder
Regional Researches Center on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture, Sousse, and Laboratory of Economy and Rural Communities, Arid Regions Institute, University of Gabes, Medenine, Tunisia.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1953-8209
Ahmed Salah
Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Tunis El-Manar, Tunisia.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3735-7092
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20448/aesr.v9i1.3758
Keywords: Climate change, Adaptation, Agricultural, Households, Econometric analyses, Tunisia.
Abstract
Climate change should have impacts on Tunisian arid regions oasis households are likely to bear the most significant negative impacts, the case of the oasis of "Metouia" in the governorate of "Gabes". This research is based on an econometric analysis through cross-sectional probit models involving 50 oasis households. The binary probit models showed that certain factors contribute significantly to the adaptation strategies identified, such as: the age of the agricultural household head, agriculture as a main activity, the agricultural production system adopted the mode of ownership of agricultural land, extension for farmers. All actions aimed at improving the resilience of Tunisian oasis agricultural households to climate change focus mainly on the strategies adopted by farmers in terms of water management, the technical choices and the production systems adopted combined with the experience and local know-how.