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Adaptation and development pathways for different types of farmers

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Title Adaptation and development pathways for different types of farmers
 
Creator Stringer, Lindsay
Fraser, Evan
Harris, David
Lyon, Christopher
Pereira, Laura
Ward, Caroline
Simelton, Elisabeth
 
Subject climate change
agriculture
food security
food systems
sustainability
livelihoods
smallholders
 
Description One of the greatest challenges humanity faces is feeding the world’s human population in a sustainable, nutritious, equitable and ethical way under a changing climate. Urgent transformations are needed that allow farmers to adapt and develop while also being climate resilient and contributing minimal emissions. This paper identifies several illustrative adaptation and development pathways, recognising the variety of starting points of different types of farmers and the ways their activities intersect with global trends, such as population growth, climate change, rapid urbanisation dietary changes, competing land uses and the emergence of new technologies. The feasibility of some pathways depends on factors such as farm size and land consolidation. For other pathways, particular infrastructure, technology, access to credit and market access or collective action are required. The most viable pathway for some farmers may be to exit agriculture altogether, which itself requires careful management and planning. While technology offers hope and opportunity, as a disruptor, it also risks maladaptations and can create tradeoffs and exacerbate inequalities, especially in the context of an uncertain future. For both the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2015 Paris Agreement to be achieved, a mix of levers that combine policy, technology, education and awareness-raising, dietary shifts and financial/economic mechanisms is required, attending to multiple time dimensions, to assist farmers along different pathways. Vulnerable groups such as women and the youth must not be left behind. Overall, strong good governance is needed at multiple levels, combining top-down and bottom-up processes.
 
Date 2020-02
2021-02-26T13:29:22Z
2021-02-26T13:29:22Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Stringer L, Fraser E, Harris D, Lyon C, Pereira L, Ward C, Simelton E. 2020. Adaptation and development pathways for different types of farmers. Environmental Science & Policy 104:174–189.
1462-9011
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111564
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2019.10.007
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 174-189
 
Publisher Elsevier BV
 
Source Environmental Science & Policy