Thesis (BS Agribusiness Economics) -- University of the Philippines Mindanao, May 2017

Climate change is a current phenomenon affecting different sectors especially agriculture. The research study investigated and evaluated the factors that affect the choice on non-farm-level climate change adaptation strategies of pineapple farm workers in Claveria, Misamis Oriental. In order to achieve the study's main objective, the researcher considered the various climate change concurrencies in the area, the level of awareness of the respondents and the choice of adaptation strategies adopted by the farm workers. The study targeted a sample size of 201 pineapple farm workers in Claveri, Misamis Oriental and used a pre-structured survey questionnaire. The data collected were analyzed using the programs SPSS and STATA. SPSS was used to analyze the descriptive statistics, level of awareness, and the cluster analysis of the data while STATA was used for calculating the Variance Inflator Factor (VIF). Two-stage Least Squares (2SLS), and Multivariate Probit regression to test for multicollinearity, endogeneity, and the main model respectively. Statistic show that most of the moderately adaptive farm workers in the area are highly aware of climate change. Pineapple farm workers in Claveria, Misamis Oriental resort to shifting to wage employment, raising livestock, selling livestock, shifting to non-farm livelihood, and sending family members to the city for employment to adapt to climate change. The results showed that there is a bigger possibility of farm workers raising livestock if they are landowners. Moreover, the key findings showed that the most common factor that increases the probability to adopt most of the strategies is the farm workers? observation of the presence of drought in the past three years. It validated the results that the people who observed several climate shocks were the ones who apply these non farm-level adaptation strategies. Furthermore, farm workers who have access to credit have a greater possibility of shifting to non-farm forms of livelihood. The researcher recommends that government intervention can help improve the lives of these farm workers by granting lands to those who applied for CARP, by investing in trainings and seminars for climate change awareness and alternative livelihood, and by making credit more accessible to farm workers.