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Smallholder farmers expand production area of the perennial crop enset as a climate coping strategy in a drought-prone indigenous agrisystem

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Title Smallholder farmers expand production area of the perennial crop enset as a climate coping strategy in a drought-prone indigenous agrisystem
 
Creator Chase, Rachel
Roux, Nicolas Stephan M.
Borrell, James
Buchi, Lucie
Rodenburg, Jonne
Wendawek, Abebe
 
Subject ensete ventricosum
food security
climate change
drought tolerance
seguridad alimentaria
cambio climático
resistencia a la sequía
horticulture
forestry
 
Description Climate resilient crops will become increasingly important, especially in regions where smallholder farmers are vulnerable to climate extremes. Enset, a multipurpose perennial staple crop consumed by over 20 million people in Ethiopia, purportedly provides food security during periods of drought. Here, we find evidence that fre-quent severe drought events led to an increase in enset production area. This is con-sistent with a broader pattern whereby farmers preferentially cultivate perennial and storable crops after long-term drought events, providing an example of adaptation to fluctuations in climate through crop choice in indigenous agrisystems.
 
Date 2023-03
2022-12-13T10:41:17Z
2022-12-13T10:41:17Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Chase, R.; Roux, N.S.; Borrell, J.; Buchi, L.; Rodenburg, J.; Wendawek, A. (2022) Smallholder farmers expand production area of the perennial crop enset as a climate coping strategy in a drought-prone indigenous agrisystem. Plants People Planet First published (07 November 2022) 13 p. ISSN: 2572-2611
2572-2611
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125914
https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10339
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 254-266
application/pdf
 
Publisher Wiley
 
Source Plants, People, Planet