Diverse farmer livelihoods increase resilience to climate variability in southern Colombia

Bernal Núñez Angie Paola, Gutiérrez-Montes Isabel, Hernández-Núñez Héctor Eduardo, Gutiérrez Suárez David Ricardo, Gutiérrez García Gustavo Adolfo, Suarez Juan Carlos, Casanoves Fernando, Flora Cornelia, Sibelet Nicole. 2023. Diverse farmer livelihoods increase resilience to climate variability in southern Colombia. Land Use Policy, 131:106731, 13 p.

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Résumé : Climate variability affects agricultural production systems and rural communities, generating risks to food security and increasing rural poverty. Therefore, improving the capacity of rural households to adapt to climate variability has become one of the greatest challenges for international and national institutions. The objective of this study is to analyze the impact of rural households' livelihood strategies with regard to their vulnerability and adaptation to climate variability. We systematically selected 162 rural households from 10 municipalities in the department of Huila (Colombia). Households were grouped according to their livelihood strategies, using 13 variables representative of their productive characteristics. Subsequently, three indices related to climate vulnerability were determined: a. exposure (climate variability between 1990 and 2012), b. sensitivity, and c. adaptive capacity. For the latter two, the community capitals framework was used. Using the three indices above, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's proposed vulnerability index was determined. We found seven livelihood strategies: i. Cattlemen-Cocoa Farmers, ii. Livestock-Cocoa Farmers, iii. Employees-Cocoa Farmers, iv. Cocoa Farmers, v. Diversified Farmers, vi. Landlords-Cocoa Farmers and vii. Coffee Farmers. Degree of vulnerability to climate variability was related to the livelihood strategy of rural households: those best endowed with capitals and with the most diverse livelihood strategies were the least vulnerable (Cattlemen-Cocoa Farmers and Livestock-Cocoa Farmers). While it is necessary to maintain a balance between capitals in the process of adapting to climate variability in rural households, at the community level it is essential to strengthen political capital, which will make it possible to construct and reinforce strategies for adapting to climate variability.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : diversification des moyens d'existence, système de production, conditions rurales, communauté rurale, résilience, changement climatique, adaptation aux changements climatiques, polyculture élevage, Theobroma cacao, vulnérabilité

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Colombie

Mots-clés libres : Community capitals, Climate Change, Cocoa, Coffee, Livestock, Agriculture, Farmers' strategies

Classification Agris : E20 - Organisation, administration et gestion des entreprises ou exploitations agricoles
E51 - Population rurale
P40 - Météorologie et climatologie
F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 5 (2019-) - Territoires

Auteurs et affiliations

• Bernal Núñez Angie Paola, Universidad de la Amazonia (COL)
• Gutiérrez-Montes Isabel, CATIE (CRI)
• Hernández-Núñez Héctor Eduardo, Universidad de la Amazonia (COL) - auteur correspondant
• Gutiérrez Suárez David Ricardo, Universidad de la Amazonia (COL)
• Gutiérrez García Gustavo Adolfo, Universidad de la Amazonia (COL)
• Suarez Juan Carlos, Universidad de la Amazonia (COL)
• Casanoves Fernando, CATIE (CRI)
• Flora Cornelia, Iowa State University (USA)
• Sibelet Nicole, CIRAD-ES-UMR INNOVATION (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0002-2107-6376

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/604933/)

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