Good data are not enough: Understanding limited information use for climate risk and food security management in Guatemala.

Good data are not enough: Understanding limited information use for climate risk and food security management in Guatemala.

Climate extremes are one of the main drivers of acute food insecurity. In Guatemala, acute food insecurity reaches alarming levels when the usual dry period during the bimodal rainy seasons is extended or starts earlier than expected. Drought has a slow-onset which theoretically leaves sufficient le...

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Autores principales: Girón, Estuardo, y 7 autores más
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2021
Materias:
ACCIDENTES ATMOSFERICOS
SEGURIDAD ALIMENTARIA
SEQUIA
ANALISIS INSTITUCIONAL
VARIACION CLIMATICA
PEQUENO AGRICULTOR
AGROCLIMATOLOGIA
AGRICULTURA
ANALISIS DE DATOS
GUATEMALA
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/10290
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spelling RepoCATIE102902023-11-16T16:32:19Z Good data are not enough: Understanding limited information use for climate risk and food security management in Guatemala. Girón, Estuardo y 7 autores más ACCIDENTES ATMOSFERICOS SEGURIDAD ALIMENTARIA SEQUIA ANALISIS INSTITUCIONAL VARIACION CLIMATICA PEQUENO AGRICULTOR AGROCLIMATOLOGIA AGRICULTURA ANALISIS DE DATOS GUATEMALA Climate extremes are one of the main drivers of acute food insecurity. In Guatemala, acute food insecurity reaches alarming levels when the usual dry period during the bimodal rainy seasons is extended or starts earlier than expected. Drought has a slow-onset which theoretically leaves sufficient lead-time for addressing impacts on food security. In practice, emergency response to drought is often reactive and arrives late, starting when the crisis is already evolving. Climate services and food security information systems are key ingredients for integrated climate risk and food security management worldwide. In Guatemala, stakeholders broadly agree on the usefulness of this type of information for decision-making and direct significant efforts towards improving information availability and quality. But the impact of agro-climatic and food security information on decisions is ad hoc or not systematic. Through a mix of qualitative, ethnographic, and participatory methods, we investigated why this situation occurs. We found that different aspects lead to this phenomenon: the impact of drought on food security is mediated by different socio-economic, political, and institutional factors that tend to differ strongly between regions or even communities across the country. This puts special requirements on information provision for decision-making. Information use patterns can be explained by technical, data-related aspects as reliability, timeliness, or accessibility. But only by considering the institutional and organizational context we get a complete understanding on what frames the information-use patterns in climate and food security management in Guatemala... 2021-02-09T18:23:25Z 2021-02-09T18:23:25Z 2020 Artículo https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/10290 en Climate Risk Management https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2020.100248 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf
institution Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza
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language Inglés
topic ACCIDENTES ATMOSFERICOS
SEGURIDAD ALIMENTARIA
SEQUIA
ANALISIS INSTITUCIONAL
VARIACION CLIMATICA
PEQUENO AGRICULTOR
AGROCLIMATOLOGIA
AGRICULTURA
ANALISIS DE DATOS
GUATEMALA
spellingShingle ACCIDENTES ATMOSFERICOS
SEGURIDAD ALIMENTARIA
SEQUIA
ANALISIS INSTITUCIONAL
VARIACION CLIMATICA
PEQUENO AGRICULTOR
AGROCLIMATOLOGIA
AGRICULTURA
ANALISIS DE DATOS
GUATEMALA
Girón, Estuardo
y 7 autores más
Good data are not enough: Understanding limited information use for climate risk and food security management in Guatemala.
description Climate extremes are one of the main drivers of acute food insecurity. In Guatemala, acute food insecurity reaches alarming levels when the usual dry period during the bimodal rainy seasons is extended or starts earlier than expected. Drought has a slow-onset which theoretically leaves sufficient lead-time for addressing impacts on food security. In practice, emergency response to drought is often reactive and arrives late, starting when the crisis is already evolving. Climate services and food security information systems are key ingredients for integrated climate risk and food security management worldwide. In Guatemala, stakeholders broadly agree on the usefulness of this type of information for decision-making and direct significant efforts towards improving information availability and quality. But the impact of agro-climatic and food security information on decisions is ad hoc or not systematic. Through a mix of qualitative, ethnographic, and participatory methods, we investigated why this situation occurs. We found that different aspects lead to this phenomenon: the impact of drought on food security is mediated by different socio-economic, political, and institutional factors that tend to differ strongly between regions or even communities across the country. This puts special requirements on information provision for decision-making. Information use patterns can be explained by technical, data-related aspects as reliability, timeliness, or accessibility. But only by considering the institutional and organizational context we get a complete understanding on what frames the information-use patterns in climate and food security management in Guatemala...
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title Good data are not enough: Understanding limited information use for climate risk and food security management in Guatemala.
title_short Good data are not enough: Understanding limited information use for climate risk and food security management in Guatemala.
title_full Good data are not enough: Understanding limited information use for climate risk and food security management in Guatemala.
title_fullStr Good data are not enough: Understanding limited information use for climate risk and food security management in Guatemala.
title_full_unstemmed Good data are not enough: Understanding limited information use for climate risk and food security management in Guatemala.
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