Adversity quotient of fishermen on climate change adversities in Tadlac, Los Baños, Laguna [Philippines]
2016
Co, A.G. | Beltran, J.M.I. | Arellano, A. | Pintor, L.
This qualitative research focused on the adversity quotient (AQ) of fishermen in relation to climate change adversities. Research methods used include conduct of test, key informant interview, focus group discussion, and secondary data gathering. The fishermen served as participants in this study. Results revealed that the fishermen have average. AQ categorized as camper. Campers are characterized of being weary in facing adversities, satisfied with sufficing rather than striving, have the ability to control the traumatic experiences but only at a certain period of time, work diligently to overcome challenges, and address climate change related adversities with appropriate solutions. The factors that influence the AQ of the fishermen are origin and ownership. The fishermen have limited knowledge on climate change and disaster risk reduction. Their skills are only focused on fishing but not on skills related to climate change events. Further, they did not have the opportunity to attend trainings on climate change and disaster risk reduction as only the local officials are invited to attend capacity-building activities. It can be concluded that the average AQ among fishermen implies that they can withstand climate change adversities; origin and ownership are the identified factors that influence AQ which is beyond their control; fishermen have only very limited knowledge on climate change because they only rely on the news provided by the local television programs and the early warning system in the community.
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