期刊名称：International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science
印刷版ISSN：2147-4478
出版年度：2019
卷号：8
期号：3
页码：64-71
DOI：10.20525/ijrbs.v8i3.254
出版社：Society for the Study of Business & Finance
摘要：This research aims to investigate the factors influencing the households in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Indonesia to use seasonal forecast issued by the Meteorological Office (BMKG) Indonesia. NTT is a highly vulnerable region to drought, and hence, understanding the weather and climate condition is a crucial issue. Household survey was conducted to interview 300 households in NTT asking about their intention to utilize the forecast information in supporting their livelihood. Furthermore, this research investigates whether the households characteristics influencing the intention. Using the Classification and Regression Tree (CART), we found that the intention to use forecast is dominantly influenced by age of the household head, ownership of household assets, main source of income, crop and livestock activities and water source for livestock.
