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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Environ. Sci.
Sec. Interdisciplinary Climate Studies
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1363306
This article is part of the Research Topic Extreme Hydro-Meteorological Events in a Changing Climate: Monitoring, Risk Assessment, and Early Warning View all 7 articles

What can I do as a farmer to reduce losses? Willingness to use meteorological information as an exit strategy to deal with meteorological hazards

Provisionally accepted
Naser Valizadeh Naser Valizadeh 1*Latif Haji Latif Haji 1Shobeir Karami Shobeir Karami 2Atefeh A. Dehrashid Atefeh A. Dehrashid 3Sara Jalilian Sara Jalilian 4Hossein Azadi Hossein Azadi 5
  • 1 Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
  • 2 Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Bushehr, Iran
  • 3 University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran
  • 4 University of Tehran, Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  • 5 University of Liège, Liège, Liège, Belgium

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    Meteorological information and forecasts are of great importance to reduce agro-meteorological hazards. However, the gap between production and application of these forecasts is one of the most ambiguous issues of crop management at the farmers' level. In this regard, investigating the factors influencing Iranian farmers willingness to use meteorological information and predictions was selected as the main aim of the present study. To this end, an extended version of Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) was employed and modeled. The results revealed that attitude towards the use of meteorological information and predictions, subjective norms in the use of meteorological information and predictions, perceived behavioral control and self-identity in the use of meteorological information and prediction, and moral norm variables regarding the use of meteorological information and predictions positively and significantly affected willingness to use meteorological information and predictions. These variables could account for 46 % of willingness to use meteorological information and predictions variance. According to the results, it was suggested that by creating multimedia programs, the agricultural community become aware of the benefits and consequences of using meteorological information in their activities. Furthermore, it was recommended that social cooperation and research groups be formed on the use of meteorological information in agricultural activities. This can contribute to examine the various dimensions (strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities) of using meteorological information from a collective perspective. Making a social decision in this regard can have a profound effect on a person's subjective norms and dramatically increase the speed of using meteorological information. The results of this study can help policy-makers and decision-makers in the field of agriculture to design suitable intervention programs for the effective use of meteorological information by farmers. Also, the results of this study help farmers to effectively reduce the impacts of meteorological hazards.

    Keywords: meteorological hazards, risk reduction, Meteorological information and predictions, Farmers' decisions, Behavioral changes

    Received: 30 Dec 2023; Accepted: 27 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Valizadeh, Haji, Karami, Dehrashid, Jalilian and Azadi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Naser Valizadeh, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

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