An exploratory sequential mixed methods design to evaluate stakeholders’ perspective in promoting Angola small-scale farmers’ resilience to climate change.

Abstract

The exploratory sequential design is useful for studies that call for in-depth knowledge of the research problem and where data on the phenomenon is unavailable. This paper used an exploratory sequential design to evaluate stakeholders' roles and perceptions in improving Angolan smallholder farmers' resilience to climate change. This approach consists of three phases. The first phase comprised in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 20 smallholder farmers and 4 experts. Five themes emerged from the qualitative data. These themes resulted in the development of a new research instrument in phase two, the Agriculture Stakeholder Questionnaire (ASQ). In the third phase, the Agriculture Stakeholder Questionnaire surveyed 181 stakeholders. The results aim to generate practical socio-economic solutions for Angola’s farming communities. The instrument could also potentially be applied to similar farming communities in sub-Saharan Africa.