Abstrakt
Since farming activities depend on climatic conditions the agriculture is one of the sectors mostly affected by climate change, even in Europe (European Environment Agency, 2015). Impacts of climate change on agricultural production could be mitigated by adaptation measures implemented by farmers and coping behaviour is influenced by many factors including risk perception and adaptation appraisal (e.g.
Grothmann & Patt, 2005). The objective of our case study was to find out if and how climate change risks are perceived, whether adaptation behaviour is occurring, what measures to mitigate the effects of drought, rain and other weather extremes are implemented by Czech smallholder farmers and what factors are influencing their adaptation decisions.