University of Tehran Press Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research 2008-4838 48 1 2017 05 22 Determining the Factors Influencing on Farmers’ Adaptation Behaviors in Dealing with Climate Change and Global Warming: A Case Study in Bavi Township, Khuzestan Determining the Factors Influencing on Farmers’ Adaptation Behaviors in Dealing with Climate Change and Global Warming: A Case Study in Bavi Township, Khuzestan 137 147 62015 10.22059/ijaedr.2017.62015 FA Tahereh Zobeidi Journal Article 2015 09 05 Climate change would affect agriculture and food supply. Therefore, adaptation strategies are necessary to minimize the impacts of climate change. Since farmers are the most vulnerable group toward climate change, they have the task of adapting to climate change. Therefore, identifying the effective factors on adaptation behaviors of farmers is of great importance. The aim of this study is to determinate the psychological factors influencing on farmers’ adaptation behaviors. A sample of 350 farmers was selected by simple random sampling method Bavi Township in Khuzestan province. The results showed that the psychological distance toward climate change, social trust, risk salience, risk perception, knowledge about causes, impacts and adaptation directly affected the adaptation behaviors of farmers to dealing with climate change. Also, the variables of risk salience, knowledge about adaptation, psychological distance, self-efficacy and knowledge about impacts of climate change could predict 48 percent of variations in farmers’ adaptation behaviors with climate change. Thus, it is important to understand the role of the different factors that influence farmers’ adaptation to ensure the development of appropriate policy measures and the design of successful development projects. Climate change would affect agriculture and food supply. Therefore, adaptation strategies are necessary to minimize the impacts of climate change. Since farmers are the most vulnerable group toward climate change, they have the task of adapting to climate change. Therefore, identifying the effective factors on adaptation behaviors of farmers is of great importance. The aim of this study is to determinate the psychological factors influencing on farmers’ adaptation behaviors. A sample of 350 farmers was selected by simple random sampling method Bavi Township in Khuzestan province. The results showed that the psychological distance toward climate change, social trust, risk salience, risk perception, knowledge about causes, impacts and adaptation directly affected the adaptation behaviors of farmers to dealing with climate change. Also, the variables of risk salience, knowledge about adaptation, psychological distance, self-efficacy and knowledge about impacts of climate change could predict 48 percent of variations in farmers’ adaptation behaviors with climate change. Thus, it is important to understand the role of the different factors that influence farmers’ adaptation to ensure the development of appropriate policy measures and the design of successful development projects. https://ijaedr.ut.ac.ir/article_62015_57fff61abd6b07f59af02fb53f7cc79a.pdf