Mapping climate change adaptive capacity and vulnerability of smallholder agricultural livelihoods in Central America: ranking and descriptive approaches to support adaptation strategies

Climate change is one of the main threats to rural livelihoods in Central America, especially for small and medium-sized farmers. Climate change vulnerability assessment (CCVA) integrates biophysical and socioeconomic information to support policy decisions. We present a CCVA of agricultural livelih...

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Main Authors:	Bouroncle, Claudia, Imbach, Pablo A., Rodríguez Sánchez, Beatriz, Medellín M., Claudia, Martinez Valle, Armando, Läderach, Peter
Format:	Artículo
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Springer 2016
Subjects:	ADAPTACION AL CAMBIO CLIMATICO VULNERABILIDAD MEDIOS DE VIDA COMUNIDADES RURALES AGRICULTORES CULTIVOS ANALISIS MULTIVARIANTE AMERICA CENTRAL GUATEMALA EL SALVADOR HONDURAS NICARAGUA
Online Access:	https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/8478 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-016-1792-0

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spelling	RepoCATIE84782021-12-22T19:22:50Z Mapping climate change adaptive capacity and vulnerability of smallholder agricultural livelihoods in Central America: ranking and descriptive approaches to support adaptation strategies Bouroncle, Claudia Imbach, Pablo A. Rodríguez Sánchez, Beatriz Medellín M., Claudia Martinez Valle, Armando Läderach, Peter ADAPTACION AL CAMBIO CLIMATICO VULNERABILIDAD MEDIOS DE VIDA COMUNIDADES RURALES AGRICULTORES CULTIVOS ANALISIS MULTIVARIANTE AMERICA CENTRAL GUATEMALA EL SALVADOR HONDURAS NICARAGUA Climate change is one of the main threats to rural livelihoods in Central America, especially for small and medium-sized farmers. Climate change vulnerability assessment (CCVA) integrates biophysical and socioeconomic information to support policy decisions. We present a CCVA of agricultural livelihoods of four countries in Central America, at the municipality level. We use the IPCC definition of vulnerability, and address the potential impact of climate change on suitability for major crops and adaptive capacity using indicators of basic human needs, as well as resources for innovation and action framed in a livelihoods approach. Adaptive capacity was estimated using ranking techniques for municipalities and descriptive multivariate analysis. Projected changes in climate suitability for crops show a wide variation between Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, and within each country. Cluster analysis of adaptive capacity values shows a gradient between higher values close to urban areas and lower values in agricultural frontier areas and in those prone to drought. Municipalities with a high proportional area under subsistence crops tend to have less resources to promote innovation and action for adaptation. Our results suggest that a full spectrum of adaptation levels and strategies must be considered in the region to achieve different adaptation goals. They also show that the adaptive capacity ranking and characterization are complementary and support geographical prioritization and identification of adaptation strategies, respectively. 2016-10-21T21:12:01Z 2016-10-21T21:12:01Z 2016 Artículo https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/8478 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-016-1792-0 en Climate Change. Netherlands, Springer (2016), páginas 1-15 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf Springer
institution	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza
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language	Inglés
topic	ADAPTACION AL CAMBIO CLIMATICO VULNERABILIDAD MEDIOS DE VIDA COMUNIDADES RURALES AGRICULTORES CULTIVOS ANALISIS MULTIVARIANTE AMERICA CENTRAL GUATEMALA EL SALVADOR HONDURAS NICARAGUA
spellingShingle	ADAPTACION AL CAMBIO CLIMATICO VULNERABILIDAD MEDIOS DE VIDA COMUNIDADES RURALES AGRICULTORES CULTIVOS ANALISIS MULTIVARIANTE AMERICA CENTRAL GUATEMALA EL SALVADOR HONDURAS NICARAGUA Bouroncle, Claudia Imbach, Pablo A. Rodríguez Sánchez, Beatriz Medellín M., Claudia Martinez Valle, Armando Läderach, Peter Mapping climate change adaptive capacity and vulnerability of smallholder agricultural livelihoods in Central America: ranking and descriptive approaches to support adaptation strategies
description	Climate change is one of the main threats to rural livelihoods in Central America, especially for small and medium-sized farmers. Climate change vulnerability assessment (CCVA) integrates biophysical and socioeconomic information to support policy decisions. We present a CCVA of agricultural livelihoods of four countries in Central America, at the municipality level. We use the IPCC definition of vulnerability, and address the potential impact of climate change on suitability for major crops and adaptive capacity using indicators of basic human needs, as well as resources for innovation and action framed in a livelihoods approach. Adaptive capacity was estimated using ranking techniques for municipalities and descriptive multivariate analysis. Projected changes in climate suitability for crops show a wide variation between Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, and within each country. Cluster analysis of adaptive capacity values shows a gradient between higher values close to urban areas and lower values in agricultural frontier areas and in those prone to drought. Municipalities with a high proportional area under subsistence crops tend to have less resources to promote innovation and action for adaptation. Our results suggest that a full spectrum of adaptation levels and strategies must be considered in the region to achieve different adaptation goals. They also show that the adaptive capacity ranking and characterization are complementary and support geographical prioritization and identification of adaptation strategies, respectively.
format	Artículo
author	Bouroncle, Claudia Imbach, Pablo A. Rodríguez Sánchez, Beatriz Medellín M., Claudia Martinez Valle, Armando Läderach, Peter
author_facet	Bouroncle, Claudia Imbach, Pablo A. Rodríguez Sánchez, Beatriz Medellín M., Claudia Martinez Valle, Armando Läderach, Peter
author_sort	Bouroncle, Claudia
title	Mapping climate change adaptive capacity and vulnerability of smallholder agricultural livelihoods in Central America: ranking and descriptive approaches to support adaptation strategies
title_short	Mapping climate change adaptive capacity and vulnerability of smallholder agricultural livelihoods in Central America: ranking and descriptive approaches to support adaptation strategies
title_full	Mapping climate change adaptive capacity and vulnerability of smallholder agricultural livelihoods in Central America: ranking and descriptive approaches to support adaptation strategies
title_fullStr	Mapping climate change adaptive capacity and vulnerability of smallholder agricultural livelihoods in Central America: ranking and descriptive approaches to support adaptation strategies
title_full_unstemmed	Mapping climate change adaptive capacity and vulnerability of smallholder agricultural livelihoods in Central America: ranking and descriptive approaches to support adaptation strategies
title_sort	mapping climate change adaptive capacity and vulnerability of smallholder agricultural livelihoods in central america: ranking and descriptive approaches to support adaptation strategies
publisher	Springer
publishDate	2016
url	https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/8478 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-016-1792-0
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Mapping climate change adaptive capacity and vulnerability of smallholder agricultural livelihoods in Central America: ranking and descriptive approaches to support adaptation strategies

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