Rise from the ashes! Resilience patterns in Patagonia pastoralist communities

Pastoral household resilience is shaped by the interplay between human agency and community resilience mechanisms. As a major component of pastoral household livelihoods, livestock can serve as an indicator to characterize resilience of pastoralist communities. In 2011, Patagonia faced droughts and...

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Main Authors: Laborda, Luciana, Easdale, Marcos Horacio, Fallot, Abigail, Ocariz, María Paula, Tittonell, Pablo Adrian
Format: Artículo
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2023
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14837
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sd.2679
https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2679
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author Laborda, Luciana
Easdale, Marcos Horacio
Fallot, Abigail
Ocariz, María Paula
Tittonell, Pablo Adrian
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Fallot, Abigail
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Ocariz, María Paula
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Easdale, Marcos Horacio
Fallot, Abigail
Ocariz, María Paula
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description Pastoral household resilience is shaped by the interplay between human agency and community resilience mechanisms. As a major component of pastoral household livelihoods, livestock can serve as an indicator to characterize resilience of pastoralist communities. In 2011, Patagonia faced droughts and a volcanic ashfall that affected livestock, water and forage resources during an ongoing economic recovery process. In two localities, we reconstructed the history of events that significantly influenced livestock dynamics over time at community and household levels. After the 2011 ashfall, herd sizes decreased variably by 13% to 91%. By 2019, only 37% of households recovered their herds. Although livestock dynamics were similar in both communities, households with small and medium-large herd sizes, high connectivity, off-farm income, and women involved in decision-making exhibited higher resilience. Understanding household diversity provided localized insights into community resilience (agency, adaptability).
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spelling INTA148372023-07-28T16:25:05Z Rise from the ashes! Resilience patterns in Patagonia pastoralist communities Laborda, Luciana Easdale, Marcos Horacio Fallot, Abigail Ocariz, María Paula Tittonell, Pablo Adrian Pastoralistas Población Agraria Materiales Volcánicos Ceniza Resiliencia Ganadería Pastoralists Agricultural Population Volcanic Materials Ashes Resilience Animal Husbandry Región Patagónica Pastoral household resilience is shaped by the interplay between human agency and community resilience mechanisms. As a major component of pastoral household livelihoods, livestock can serve as an indicator to characterize resilience of pastoralist communities. In 2011, Patagonia faced droughts and a volcanic ashfall that affected livestock, water and forage resources during an ongoing economic recovery process. In two localities, we reconstructed the history of events that significantly influenced livestock dynamics over time at community and household levels. After the 2011 ashfall, herd sizes decreased variably by 13% to 91%. By 2019, only 37% of households recovered their herds. Although livestock dynamics were similar in both communities, households with small and medium-large herd sizes, high connectivity, off-farm income, and women involved in decision-making exhibited higher resilience. Understanding household diversity provided localized insights into community resilience (agency, adaptability). EEA Bariloche Fil: Laborda, Luciana. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Laborda, Luciana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Easdale, Marcos Horacio. Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Easdale, Marcos Horacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Fallot, Abigail. UMR SENS, CIRAD; Francia Fil: Fallot, Abigail. CIRAD, Université Montpellier; Francia Fil: Ocariz, María Paula. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Ocariz, María Paula. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Ocariz, María Paula. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Agencia de Extensión Rural Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Université de Montpellier-Centre de coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement. Agroécologie et Intensification Durable (AïDA); Francia Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Groningen University. Groningen Institute of Evolutionary Life Sciences; Países Bajos 2023-07-28T16:21:56Z 2023-07-28T16:21:56Z 2023-07 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14837 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sd.2679 1099-1719 https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2679 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess 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 Wiley Sustainable Development : 1-18 (First published: 25 July 2023)
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Población Agraria
Materiales Volcánicos
Ceniza
Resiliencia
Ganadería
Pastoralists
Agricultural Population
Volcanic Materials
Ashes
Resilience
Animal Husbandry
Región Patagónica
Laborda, Luciana
Easdale, Marcos Horacio
Fallot, Abigail
Ocariz, María Paula
Tittonell, Pablo Adrian
Rise from the ashes! Resilience patterns in Patagonia pastoralist communities
title Rise from the ashes! Resilience patterns in Patagonia pastoralist communities
title_full Rise from the ashes! Resilience patterns in Patagonia pastoralist communities
title_fullStr Rise from the ashes! Resilience patterns in Patagonia pastoralist communities
title_full_unstemmed Rise from the ashes! Resilience patterns in Patagonia pastoralist communities
title_short Rise from the ashes! Resilience patterns in Patagonia pastoralist communities
title_sort rise from the ashes resilience patterns in patagonia pastoralist communities
topic Pastoralistas
Población Agraria
Materiales Volcánicos
Ceniza
Resiliencia
Ganadería
Pastoralists
Agricultural Population
Volcanic Materials
Ashes
Resilience
Animal Husbandry
Región Patagónica
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14837
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sd.2679
https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2679
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