Perception of change: Narratives and strategies of farmers in Madagascar

Stoudmann, N., Waeber, P. O., Randriamalala, I. H., Garcia, C. 2017 external page Perception of change: Narratives and strategies of farmers in Madagascar. Journal of Rural Studies 56: 76-86. Download pdf (PDF, 784 KB)Download (PDF, 784 KB)

Highlights
• Reactive adaptation measures are largely adopted as opposed to proactive ones.
• The great majority of changes affecting farmers are stresses as opposed to shocks.
• Close to a quarter of participants have no contingency plan should a shock occur.
• Five attitudes towards coping with change were identified.
• Farmers place most importance on QoL related to physical and financial capitals.