Table 3. Responses to disturbance following the flooding of 2007 according to farmers. There are nine respondents. Data was collected using semistructured interviews by telephone in 2009.
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Status |
Coping strategies |
Adaptation strategies |
Transformation strategies |
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Applied strategies |
buy
foddergrow winter fodder on other
landsmove animals
temporarilystubbornnessluckdiversified
income (real estate business, grow
crops/vegetables)low costs,
inexpensive landdiversified land;
low laying and more elevated, low fraction is on the
meadows
claim “force
majeure” toward management contract entitling subsides |
learning what to do until next
timebetter mentally
preparedacquire land unaffected by
floodingmore observant to
signals in naturewill not keep
heifers on meadowsdialogue on
flooding prevention with
authoritieshave agreement with
neighbor for building a pen on his land in case of emergency |
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What if more often
“2007 events”... |
buy
fodderdon’t believe
that “2007-event” will come more often |
reduce number of
livestockleave some land on the
meadows and shift for higher ground |
can’t buy fodder every other year -
leave the meadows entirely |
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