Rural livelihoods, food security and rural transformation under climate change

Despite decades of attention to agricultural development, food security and rural poverty, poverty and food insecurity remain, especially amongst rural dwellers in Asia, Africa and Central America. With climate change the challenges only increase and will further intensify as extreme events and vari...

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Autores principales: Thornton, Philip K., Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María, Campbell, Bruce M., Mercado, Leida, Shackleton, Sheona, Kavikumar, KS
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Global Commission on Adaptation 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105762
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author Thornton, Philip K.
Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
Campbell, Bruce M.
Mercado, Leida
Shackleton, Sheona
Kavikumar, KS
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Kavikumar, KS
Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
Mercado, Leida
Shackleton, Sheona
Thornton, Philip K.
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Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
Campbell, Bruce M.
Mercado, Leida
Shackleton, Sheona
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description Despite decades of attention to agricultural development, food security and rural poverty, poverty and food insecurity remain, especially amongst rural dwellers in Asia, Africa and Central America. With climate change the challenges only increase and will further intensify as extreme events and variable weather patterns make small-scale production even more difficult. For any list of recommendations, leverage points or action points, the criticism can easily be that we have heard it all before. There are no silver bullets and some actions and strategies can have mixed outcomes, though nascent and yet-to-be-developed technologies could shift rural livelihoods, agriculture and the broader food systems in unexpected ways in the coming decade, both positively and negatively. Our thesis is that transformational change in rural livelihoods is needed for climate change adaptation, that this change needs to embrace the broader food system, and that these actions can have benefits in multiple dimensions beyond climate change adaptation: poverty, nutrition, employment and the environment. If transformational change is to be achieved, several elements will be needed in synergy, with less or more emphasis on particular elements, depending on context and considering household heterogeneity.
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spelling CGSpace1057622025-11-04T16:31:49Z Rural livelihoods, food security and rural transformation under climate change Thornton, Philip K. Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María Campbell, Bruce M. Mercado, Leida Shackleton, Sheona Kavikumar, KS agriculture food security climate change climate change adaptation rural development Despite decades of attention to agricultural development, food security and rural poverty, poverty and food insecurity remain, especially amongst rural dwellers in Asia, Africa and Central America. With climate change the challenges only increase and will further intensify as extreme events and variable weather patterns make small-scale production even more difficult. For any list of recommendations, leverage points or action points, the criticism can easily be that we have heard it all before. There are no silver bullets and some actions and strategies can have mixed outcomes, though nascent and yet-to-be-developed technologies could shift rural livelihoods, agriculture and the broader food systems in unexpected ways in the coming decade, both positively and negatively. Our thesis is that transformational change in rural livelihoods is needed for climate change adaptation, that this change needs to embrace the broader food system, and that these actions can have benefits in multiple dimensions beyond climate change adaptation: poverty, nutrition, employment and the environment. If transformational change is to be achieved, several elements will be needed in synergy, with less or more emphasis on particular elements, depending on context and considering household heterogeneity. 2019-08-01 2019-11-15T15:19:22Z 2019-11-15T15:19:22Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105762 en Open Access application/pdf Global Commission on Adaptation Thornton PK, Loboguerrero AM, Campbell BM, Kavikumar KS, Mercado L, Shackleton S. 2019. Rural livelihoods, food security and rural transformation under climate change. Rotterdam and Washington, DC: Global Commission on Adaptation.
spellingShingle agriculture
food security
climate change
climate change adaptation
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Thornton, Philip K.
Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
Campbell, Bruce M.
Mercado, Leida
Shackleton, Sheona
Kavikumar, KS
Rural livelihoods, food security and rural transformation under climate change
title Rural livelihoods, food security and rural transformation under climate change
title_full Rural livelihoods, food security and rural transformation under climate change
title_fullStr Rural livelihoods, food security and rural transformation under climate change
title_full_unstemmed Rural livelihoods, food security and rural transformation under climate change
title_short Rural livelihoods, food security and rural transformation under climate change
title_sort rural livelihoods food security and rural transformation under climate change
topic agriculture
food security
climate change
climate change adaptation
rural development
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105762
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