Determinants of food insecurity among smallholder farmer households in Central America: recurrent versus extreme weather-driven events.

To ensure food security among rural communities under a changing climate, policymakers need information on the prevalence and determinants of food insecurity, the role of extreme weather events in exacerbating food insecurity, and the strategies that farmers use to cope with food insecurity. Using h...

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Main Authors:	Alpízar, Francisco, Saborío-Rodríguez, Milagro, Martínez-Rodríguez, M. Ruth, Viguera, Bárbara, Vignola, Raffaele, Capitán, Tabaré, Harvey, Celia A.
Format:	Artículo
Language:	Inglés
Published:	2021
Subjects:	AGRICULTURA PEQUENO AGRICULTOR EVENTOS NATURALES SEGURIDAD ALIMENTARIA COMUNIDADES RURALES FENOMENOS METEOROLOGICOS PRODUCTOS AGRICOLAS GUATEMALA HONDURAS AMERICA CENTRAL
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-020-01592-y https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/10303

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spelling	RepoCATIE103032022-08-05T18:49:26Z Determinants of food insecurity among smallholder farmer households in Central America: recurrent versus extreme weather-driven events. Alpízar, Francisco Saborío-Rodríguez, Milagro Martínez-Rodríguez, M. Ruth Viguera, Bárbara Vignola, Raffaele Capitán, Tabaré Harvey, Celia A. AGRICULTURA PEQUENO AGRICULTOR EVENTOS NATURALES SEGURIDAD ALIMENTARIA COMUNIDADES RURALES FENOMENOS METEOROLOGICOS PRODUCTOS AGRICOLAS GUATEMALA HONDURAS AMERICA CENTRAL To ensure food security among rural communities under a changing climate, policymakers need information on the prevalence and determinants of food insecurity, the role of extreme weather events in exacerbating food insecurity, and the strategies that farmers use to cope with food insecurity. Using household surveys in Guatemala and Honduras, we explore the prevalence of food insecurity among smallholder farmers on both a recurrent (seasonal) and episodic (resulting from extreme weather events) basis, analyze the factors associated with both types of food insecurity, and document farmer coping strategies. Of the 439 households surveyed, 56% experienced recurrent food insecurity, 36% experienced episodic food insecurity due to extreme weather events, and 24% experienced both types. Food insecurity among smallholder farmers was correlated with sociodemographic factors (e.g., age, education, migration) and asset ownership. The factors affecting food insecurity differed between type and prevalence of food insecurity. Our results highlight the urgent need for policies and programs to help smallholder farmers improve their overall food security and resilience to extreme weather shocks. Such policies should focus on enhancing farmer education levels, securing land tenure, empowering women, promoting generational knowledge exchange, and providing emergency food support in the lean season or following extreme weather events. 2021-02-15T05:13:14Z 2021-02-15T05:13:14Z 2020 Artículo https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-020-01592-y https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/10303 en Regional Environmental Change, Volumen 20, Número 22, (2020) info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf
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topic	AGRICULTURA PEQUENO AGRICULTOR EVENTOS NATURALES SEGURIDAD ALIMENTARIA COMUNIDADES RURALES FENOMENOS METEOROLOGICOS PRODUCTOS AGRICOLAS GUATEMALA HONDURAS AMERICA CENTRAL
spellingShingle	AGRICULTURA PEQUENO AGRICULTOR EVENTOS NATURALES SEGURIDAD ALIMENTARIA COMUNIDADES RURALES FENOMENOS METEOROLOGICOS PRODUCTOS AGRICOLAS GUATEMALA HONDURAS AMERICA CENTRAL Alpízar, Francisco Saborío-Rodríguez, Milagro Martínez-Rodríguez, M. Ruth Viguera, Bárbara Vignola, Raffaele Capitán, Tabaré Harvey, Celia A. Determinants of food insecurity among smallholder farmer households in Central America: recurrent versus extreme weather-driven events.
description	To ensure food security among rural communities under a changing climate, policymakers need information on the prevalence and determinants of food insecurity, the role of extreme weather events in exacerbating food insecurity, and the strategies that farmers use to cope with food insecurity. Using household surveys in Guatemala and Honduras, we explore the prevalence of food insecurity among smallholder farmers on both a recurrent (seasonal) and episodic (resulting from extreme weather events) basis, analyze the factors associated with both types of food insecurity, and document farmer coping strategies. Of the 439 households surveyed, 56% experienced recurrent food insecurity, 36% experienced episodic food insecurity due to extreme weather events, and 24% experienced both types. Food insecurity among smallholder farmers was correlated with sociodemographic factors (e.g., age, education, migration) and asset ownership. The factors affecting food insecurity differed between type and prevalence of food insecurity. Our results highlight the urgent need for policies and programs to help smallholder farmers improve their overall food security and resilience to extreme weather shocks. Such policies should focus on enhancing farmer education levels, securing land tenure, empowering women, promoting generational knowledge exchange, and providing emergency food support in the lean season or following extreme weather events.
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author	Alpízar, Francisco Saborío-Rodríguez, Milagro Martínez-Rodríguez, M. Ruth Viguera, Bárbara Vignola, Raffaele Capitán, Tabaré Harvey, Celia A.
author_facet	Alpízar, Francisco Saborío-Rodríguez, Milagro Martínez-Rodríguez, M. Ruth Viguera, Bárbara Vignola, Raffaele Capitán, Tabaré Harvey, Celia A.
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title	Determinants of food insecurity among smallholder farmer households in Central America: recurrent versus extreme weather-driven events.
title_short	Determinants of food insecurity among smallholder farmer households in Central America: recurrent versus extreme weather-driven events.
title_full	Determinants of food insecurity among smallholder farmer households in Central America: recurrent versus extreme weather-driven events.
title_fullStr	Determinants of food insecurity among smallholder farmer households in Central America: recurrent versus extreme weather-driven events.
title_full_unstemmed	Determinants of food insecurity among smallholder farmer households in Central America: recurrent versus extreme weather-driven events.
title_sort	determinants of food insecurity among smallholder farmer households in central america: recurrent versus extreme weather-driven events.
publishDate	2021
url	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-020-01592-y https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/10303
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Determinants of food insecurity among smallholder farmer households in Central America: recurrent versus extreme weather-driven events.

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