Climate change adaptation and the agricultural sector in South American countries: Risk, vulnerabilities and opportunities

South America covers a vast area with diverse climates and landscapes, with high participation in the global production of food and fibers. It is crucial to understand the risks, vulnerabilities, and opportunities that climate change brings to this region. We analyzed the increasing tension between...

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Main Authors: Taboada, Miguel Angel, Costantini, Alejandro Oscar, Busto, Mercedes, Bonatti, Michelle, Sieber, Stefan
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Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência do Solo 2022
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/11692
https://www.rbcsjournal.org/article/climate-change-adaptation-and-the-agricultural-sector-in-south-american-countries-risk-vulnerabilities-and-opportunities/
https://doi.org/10.36783/18069657rbcs20210072
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author Taboada, Miguel Angel
Costantini, Alejandro Oscar
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Bonatti, Michelle
Sieber, Stefan
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Bonatti, Michelle
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description South America covers a vast area with diverse climates and landscapes, with high participation in the global production of food and fibers. It is crucial to understand the risks, vulnerabilities, and opportunities that climate change brings to this region. We analyzed the increasing tension between agribusiness models and smallholder models, the risks, opportunities, and main adaptation measures that can be adopted in the agricultural sector of the South American countries facing climate change. This study is a review of adaptation actions in the agricultural sector for the different regions of South America. Vulnerability exists, firstly, because rural populations are exposed in many of the countries, often with high rates of poverty and low rates of socioeconomic development. Concerning the adaptation measures already taken, there are numerous cases of interventions by national, provincial, and municipal states for planned measures. Farmers are very active in adopting autonomous measures. Many adaptation measures show co-benefits with climate change mitigation or the prevention of land degradation and desertification, but other adaptation measures do not go in this direction. In the forthcoming times, the region’s rich natural resources are going to be subjected to strong market pressures and climate change threats. It is key to generate strategies for the care of these resources for their permanence for future generations.
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spelling INTA116922022-04-21T11:03:51Z Climate change adaptation and the agricultural sector in South American countries: Risk, vulnerabilities and opportunities Taboada, Miguel Angel Costantini, Alejandro Oscar Busto, Mercedes Bonatti, Michelle Sieber, Stefan Cambio Climático Agricultura América del Sur Climate Change Agriculture South America Food Production Systems Risk Areas Poverty Rates Sistemas de Producción de Alimentos Areas de Riesgo Tasas de Pobreza South America covers a vast area with diverse climates and landscapes, with high participation in the global production of food and fibers. It is crucial to understand the risks, vulnerabilities, and opportunities that climate change brings to this region. We analyzed the increasing tension between agribusiness models and smallholder models, the risks, opportunities, and main adaptation measures that can be adopted in the agricultural sector of the South American countries facing climate change. This study is a review of adaptation actions in the agricultural sector for the different regions of South America. Vulnerability exists, firstly, because rural populations are exposed in many of the countries, often with high rates of poverty and low rates of socioeconomic development. Concerning the adaptation measures already taken, there are numerous cases of interventions by national, provincial, and municipal states for planned measures. Farmers are very active in adopting autonomous measures. Many adaptation measures show co-benefits with climate change mitigation or the prevention of land degradation and desertification, but other adaptation measures do not go in this direction. In the forthcoming times, the region’s rich natural resources are going to be subjected to strong market pressures and climate change threats. It is key to generate strategies for the care of these resources for their permanence for future generations. Fil: Taboada, Miguel Angel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instuto de Suelos; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Costantini, Alejandro Oscar. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Suelos; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Cátedra de Edafología; Argentina Fil: Busto, Mercedes. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Cátedra de Edafología; Argentina Fil: Bonatti, Michelle. Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research; Alemania Fil: Sieber, Stefan. Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research; Alemania 2022-04-21T10:49:48Z 2022-04-21T10:49:48Z 2021-11-05 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/11692 https://www.rbcsjournal.org/article/climate-change-adaptation-and-the-agricultural-sector-in-south-american-countries-risk-vulnerabilities-and-opportunities/ 1806-9657 https://doi.org/10.36783/18069657rbcs20210072 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência do Solo Revista Brasileira de Ciencia do Solo 45 : e0210072. (2021)
spellingShingle Cambio Climático
Agricultura
América del Sur
Climate Change
Agriculture
South America
Food Production Systems
Risk Areas
Poverty Rates
Sistemas de Producción de Alimentos
Areas de Riesgo
Tasas de Pobreza
Taboada, Miguel Angel
Costantini, Alejandro Oscar
Busto, Mercedes
Bonatti, Michelle
Sieber, Stefan
Climate change adaptation and the agricultural sector in South American countries: Risk, vulnerabilities and opportunities
title Climate change adaptation and the agricultural sector in South American countries: Risk, vulnerabilities and opportunities
title_full Climate change adaptation and the agricultural sector in South American countries: Risk, vulnerabilities and opportunities
title_fullStr Climate change adaptation and the agricultural sector in South American countries: Risk, vulnerabilities and opportunities
title_full_unstemmed Climate change adaptation and the agricultural sector in South American countries: Risk, vulnerabilities and opportunities
title_short Climate change adaptation and the agricultural sector in South American countries: Risk, vulnerabilities and opportunities
title_sort climate change adaptation and the agricultural sector in south american countries risk vulnerabilities and opportunities
topic Cambio Climático
Agricultura
América del Sur
Climate Change
Agriculture
South America
Food Production Systems
Risk Areas
Poverty Rates
Sistemas de Producción de Alimentos
Areas de Riesgo
Tasas de Pobreza
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/11692
https://www.rbcsjournal.org/article/climate-change-adaptation-and-the-agricultural-sector-in-south-american-countries-risk-vulnerabilities-and-opportunities/
https://doi.org/10.36783/18069657rbcs20210072
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