Institute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Putra Infoport, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Sci Total Environ. 2018 Dec 10;644:683-695. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.349. Epub 2018 Jul 11.
Climate change in Asia is affecting farmers' daily routines. Much of the focus surrounding climate change has targeted the economic and environmental repercussions on farming. Few systematic reviews have been carried out on the social impacts of climate change among farmers in Asia. The present article set out to analyse the existing literature on Asian farmers' adaptation practices towards the impacts of climate change. Guided by the PRISMA Statement (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses) review method, a systematic review of the Scopus and Web of Science databases identified 38 related studies. Further review of these articles resulted in six main themes - crop management, irrigation and water management, farm management, financial management, physical infrastructure management and social activities. These six themes further produced a total of 35 sub-themes. Several recommendations are highlighted related to conducting more qualitative studies, to have specific and a standard systematic review method for guide research synthesis in context of climate change adaptation and to practice complimentary searching techniques such as citation tracking, reference searching, snowballing and contacting experts.
亚洲的气候变化正在影响农民的日常生活。围绕气候变化的关注点主要集中在对农业的经济和环境影响上。很少有系统的评论对亚洲农民应对气候变化的社会影响进行研究。本文旨在分析亚洲农民适应气候变化影响的现有文献。本研究采用 PRISMA 声明（系统评价和荟萃分析的首选报告项目）审查方法，对 Scopus 和 Web of Science 数据库进行了系统审查，确定了 38 项相关研究。对这些文章的进一步审查产生了六个主要主题——作物管理、灌溉和水资源管理、农场管理、财务管理、有形基础设施管理和社会活动。这六个主题进一步产生了 35 个子主题。本文还提出了一些建议，涉及开展更多的定性研究，针对气候变化适应的研究综合制定具体和标准的系统审查方法，并采用补充搜索技术，如引文追踪、参考文献搜索、滚雪球和联系专家。
