Leliveld, P (2020) Farmers’ ability to adapt to drought. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
This report looks at the estimates, expectations, and experiences of farmers in Noord-Holland with regard to the increasing drought in the Netherlands. It does that by first introducing the topic of drought and resilience, the meaning of resilience followed up by both a qualitative as quantitative analysis. The qualitative part of the research consists of five interviews with experts and a farmer from Texel. The quantitative part is a large questionnaire with 29 respondents throughout the province of Noord-Holland. This province was chosen because of its large rain shortage, which is due to its high demand. The central research question is; to what extent are there differences between the expectation of farmers in Noord-Holland on changing precipitation patterns and the actual estimation of experts? Besides, this report looks at the resilience of farmers, since this will be important for the future health of their farm. The data showed that farmers take the drought very serious and take measures to prevent drought. The difficulty is that these measures are expensive and therefore, it is hard to adapt to drought. Secondly, farmers likely agree with experts on the scenarios for the future of our climate. The question was difficult to answer since the climate experts themselves still debate about how the future will play out. The report will help to better understand the needs of farmers and could contribute to better policy making and communication.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Spatial Planning and Design |
| Supervisor: | Horlings, L.G. |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jul 2020 09:59 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Jul 2020 09:59 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3250 |
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