Smallholder farmers expand production area of the perennial crop enset as a climate coping strategy in a drought-prone indigenous agrisystem

Climate resilient crops will become increasingly important, especially in regions where smallholder farmers are vulnerable to climate extremes. Enset, a multipurpose perennial staple crop consumed by over 20 million people in Ethiopia, purportedly provides food security during periods of drought. He...

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Autores principales: Chase, Rachel, Roux, Nicolas, Borrell, James, Buchi, Lucie, Rodenburg, Jonne, Wendawek, Abebe M.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125914
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author Chase, Rachel
Roux, Nicolas
Borrell, James
Buchi, Lucie
Rodenburg, Jonne
Wendawek, Abebe M.
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Buchi, Lucie
Chase, Rachel
Rodenburg, Jonne
Roux, Nicolas
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Borrell, James
Buchi, Lucie
Rodenburg, Jonne
Wendawek, Abebe M.
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description Climate resilient crops will become increasingly important, especially in regions where smallholder farmers are vulnerable to climate extremes. Enset, a multipurpose perennial staple crop consumed by over 20 million people in Ethiopia, purportedly provides food security during periods of drought. Here, we find evidence that fre-quent severe drought events led to an increase in enset production area. This is con-sistent with a broader pattern whereby farmers preferentially cultivate perennial and storable crops after long-term drought events, providing an example of adaptation to fluctuations in climate through crop choice in indigenous agrisystems.
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spelling CGSpace1259142025-11-11T17:44:29Z Smallholder farmers expand production area of the perennial crop enset as a climate coping strategy in a drought-prone indigenous agrisystem Chase, Rachel Roux, Nicolas Borrell, James Buchi, Lucie Rodenburg, Jonne Wendawek, Abebe M. ensete ventricosum food security climate change drought tolerance seguridad alimentaria cambio climático resistencia a la sequía horticulture forestry Climate resilient crops will become increasingly important, especially in regions where smallholder farmers are vulnerable to climate extremes. Enset, a multipurpose perennial staple crop consumed by over 20 million people in Ethiopia, purportedly provides food security during periods of drought. Here, we find evidence that fre-quent severe drought events led to an increase in enset production area. This is con-sistent with a broader pattern whereby farmers preferentially cultivate perennial and storable crops after long-term drought events, providing an example of adaptation to fluctuations in climate through crop choice in indigenous agrisystems. 2023-03 2022-12-13T10:41:17Z 2022-12-13T10:41:17Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125914 en Open Access application/pdf Wiley Chase, R.; Roux, N.; Borrell, J.; Buchi, L.; Rodenburg, J.; Wendawek, A. (2022) Smallholder farmers expand production area of the perennial crop enset as a climate coping strategy in a drought-prone indigenous agrisystem. Plants People Planet First published (07 November 2022) 13 p. ISSN: 2572-2611
spellingShingle ensete ventricosum
food security
climate change
drought tolerance
seguridad alimentaria
cambio climático
resistencia a la sequía
horticulture
forestry
Chase, Rachel
Roux, Nicolas
Borrell, James
Buchi, Lucie
Rodenburg, Jonne
Wendawek, Abebe M.
Smallholder farmers expand production area of the perennial crop enset as a climate coping strategy in a drought-prone indigenous agrisystem
title Smallholder farmers expand production area of the perennial crop enset as a climate coping strategy in a drought-prone indigenous agrisystem
title_full Smallholder farmers expand production area of the perennial crop enset as a climate coping strategy in a drought-prone indigenous agrisystem
title_fullStr Smallholder farmers expand production area of the perennial crop enset as a climate coping strategy in a drought-prone indigenous agrisystem
title_full_unstemmed Smallholder farmers expand production area of the perennial crop enset as a climate coping strategy in a drought-prone indigenous agrisystem
title_short Smallholder farmers expand production area of the perennial crop enset as a climate coping strategy in a drought-prone indigenous agrisystem
title_sort smallholder farmers expand production area of the perennial crop enset as a climate coping strategy in a drought prone indigenous agrisystem
topic ensete ventricosum
food security
climate change
drought tolerance
seguridad alimentaria
cambio climático
resistencia a la sequía
horticulture
forestry
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125914
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