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Agroecology and Climate Change Resilience: In Smallholder Coffee Agroecosystems of Central America

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Title Agroecology and Climate Change Resilience: In Smallholder Coffee Agroecosystems of Central America
 
Creator Morris KS
Méndez, V.E.
Zonneveld, M. van
Gerlicz A
Caswell, M.
 
Subject climate change
agriculture
food security
 
Description Arabica coffee production provides the principal
source of monetary income for many smallholder
households throughout the mountainous regions
of Central America. Coffee agroecosystems serve
several functions, which can include supporting
livelihoods, and providing ecosystem services (e.g.
carbon sequestration), and conserving biodiversity
(De Beenhouwer et al., 2013; Valencia et al., 2014).
For these reasons, coffee farming plays a key
synergistic role in socioeconomic and ecological
resilience. Despite these synergies, the livelihoods
of Central American smallholder coffee farmers
are in a precarious state due to their exposure and
sensitivity to common stressors and shocks, including
the seasonality of incomes, volatile commodity
prices and natural disasters (Jha et al., 2014). This
vulnerability makes it extremely difficult for growers to
maintain (let alone build) their assets and capabilities,
and to embark on pathways out of poverty.
 
Date 2016-12-19
2016-12-19T17:07:43Z
2016-12-19T17:07:43Z
 
Type Brief
 
Identifier Morris KS, Méndez VE, van Zonneveld M, Gerlicz A, Caswell M. 2016. Agroecology and Climate Change Resilience: In Smallholder Coffee Agroecosystems of Central America. Rome, Italy: Bioversity International.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/78410
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Language en
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format 16 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher Bioversity International