Climate change discourse among Iranian farmers

摘要: Climate change poses a severe threat to agriculture and rural populations around the world, with potential devastate lives livelihoods. Farmers need adapt their farming methods land management decisions reduce negative consequences associated climate change. Understanding farmers’ beliefs perceptions regarding is good starting point for addressing current future policy. As there no one-size-fits-all strategy promote adaptation, local adaptation-support strategies must be tailored particular needs constraints of specific groups farmers. To determine policy implications such strategies, prudent cost-effective approach categorize farmers into homogenous groupings using Q methodology establish perceptual frameworks respect Forty six completed sort procedure in this study. Data analysis identified that are three different types attitudes change: fatalism, support seekers, technocrats. These findings critical decision makers help them develop more appropriate adaptation agricultural sector.