The Impact of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies on Income and Food Security: Empirical Evidence from Small-Scale Fishers in Indonesia

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

I find the paper submitted for review interesting and generally well written. I have some remarks that may be considered by the authors.

1. In the paragraph “Research sample” the authors discuss a survey that was conducted among fishers. The questionnaire should be attached to the article.
2. Some titles of figures and tables are too general, i.e “Figure 1. Research location ” or “Table 1. Descriptive Statistics ” or “Figure 2. Propensity score ”
3. Units in tables 2 and 3 are missing. I would suggest convert Nmi to km.
4. Table 4 is missing.
5. Figure 2 should be moved to section 4.3
6. Reference list is hard to read in current form.

Author Response

Dear Reviewer:

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to submit a revised draft of my manuscript titled “The Impact of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies on Income and Food Security: Empirical Evidence from Small-Scale Fishers in Indonesia” to “Sustainability”. We appreciate the time and effort that you and the reviewers have dedicated to providing your valuable feedback on my manuscript. We are grateful to the reviewers for their insightful comments on my paper. We have been able to incorporate changes to reflect most of the suggestions provided by the reviewers. We marked up using the “Track
Changes” function within the manuscript.

Please see the attachment for the response.

Best regard

Hery Toiba

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

This is a very interesting paper using interesting methods on a multifaceted and important phenomena. The authors do a great job in providing some context and the importance of assessing the outcomes of interest within this population, but I think there are several areas that could be improved upon: 

1. Structure and Flow  -
   1. The flow of the paper is a bit choppy. Please consider rearranging some components of your introduction into your methods and the current "Climate Adaptation Strategies" into your introduction. Currently these two sections feel a bit redundant. 
   2. Integrate Section 3.1 into the Introduction. 
   3. There are components of the results section that would be more appropriate in a discussion section. A good test is that results sections should not necessarily cite other literature. If it is more of an interpretation of findings, then put it in the discussion/conclusion. 
   4. In the discussion/conclusion section, please discuss the strengths and limitations of your study and the overall gap that this work is filling in the literature. Much of this is integrated throughout the results, but please move those relevant sections to a discussion. 
2. Methodological Considerations - 
   1. The authors use the terms survey, interviews, and questionnaire interchangeably. Please use consistent terminology since this can differentiate between quantitative and qualitative methodological approaches. 
   2. More detail is needed about the sample, such as: in what language were these interviews conducted; have the FCS and other measures been validated in this type of setting?
   3. Consider making a flow chart discussing the recruitment method and sample - I'm a bit confused how the sample went from 85 to 170. 
3. Presentation of Findings - 
   1. For Table 1:
      1. I would recommend reformatting Table 1 and make the description clearer (rather than "dummy variable"),
      2. also for categorical variables (such as dummy variables) present a frequency (%) rather than means since it is not a continuous variable
      3. consider adding ranges in addition to means and standard deviations for continuous or scale variables. 
   2. Figure 2 should go in the results section 
   3. Expand more on how the differences in FCS denote that there are implications in food security. 
4. Tone and Grammar - 
   1. Please be sure to go through this manuscript to ensure it has an academic tone and appropriate grammar. Currently it reads a bit more casual than standard academic writing. I also recommended to the editor that they assist you with assistance/tools/guides to mitigate these issues. 

Author Response

Dear Reviewer:

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to submit a revised draft of my manuscript titled “The Impact of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies on Income and Food Security: Empirical Evidence from Small-Scale Fishers in Indonesia” to “Sustainability”. We appreciate the time and effort that you and the reviewers have dedicated to providing your valuable feedback on my manuscript. We are grateful to the reviewers for their insightful comments on my paper. We have been able to incorporate changes to reflect most of the suggestions provided by the reviewers. We marked up using the “Track
Changes” function within the manuscript.

Please see the attachment for the response.

Best regard

Hery Toiba

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 3 Report

The paper investigated the impact of adaptation strategies on fishers’ income and household food security. In this study, small-scale fishers' households, which have about smaller than 5 gross tonnages were assessed. This study addresses a topic of high relevance for research. However, there are some issues that need to be improved prior to publication. I believe this manuscript can be considered for publication in the Sustainability journal after addressing the comments.

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Dear Reviewer:

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to submit a revised draft of my manuscript titled “The Impact of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies on Income and Food Security: Empirical Evidence from Small-Scale Fishers in Indonesia” to “Sustainability”. We appreciate the time and effort that you and the reviewers have dedicated to providing your valuable feedback on my manuscript. We are grateful to the reviewers for their insightful comments on my paper. We have been able to incorporate changes to reflect most of the suggestions provided by the reviewers. We marked up using the “Track
Changes” function within the manuscript.

Please see the attachment for the response.

Best regard

Hery Toiba

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

  I accept the authors' answers, I have no more comments.

Author Response

Dear Reviewers:

We appreciate for your precious time in reviewing our paper and providing valuable comments. It was your valuable and insightful comments that led to possible improvements in the current version. We hope our manuscript will be useful for researchers, the government, and related stakeholders.

 

Kind regards

Dr. Hery Toiba

Agriculture Socio-economic Department, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia

Reviewer 2 Report

Great job addressing the changes! The resulting manuscript flows much better. Great work!

There are a couple of minor spelling/grammatical errors but the editorial staff should be able to address those. 

Author Response

Dear Reviewers,

We appreciate for your precious time in reviewing our paper and providing valuable comments. It was your valuable and insightful comments that led to possible improvements in the current version. We hope our manuscript will be useful for researchers, the government, and related stakeholders.

 

Kind regards

Dr. Hery Toiba

Agriculture Socio-economic Department, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia

 

Point 1. There are a couple of minor spelling/grammatical errors but the editorial staff should be able to address those. 

Response 1. Thank you to pointed this out, we have tried to recheck the spelling/grammar throughout the manuscript

Reviewer 3 Report

Most of my remarks from the previous round of revision have been addressed. Yet, there are a few minor issues need to be addressed.

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Dear Reviewers,

 

We appreciate for your precious time in reviewing our paper and providing valuable comments. It was your valuable and insightful comments that led to possible improvements in the current version. The authors have carefully considered the comments and tried our best to address every one of them. We hope the manuscript after careful revisions meet your high standards. Below we provide the point-by-point responses. All modifications in the manuscript have been highlighted using the track changes function. We attached the responses for the reviewer

Kind regards

 

Dr. Hery Toiba

Agriculture Socio-economic Department, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf