Climate-smart agriculture reduces capital-based livelihoods vulnerability: evidence from Latin America
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Introduction: Climate change poses a significant threat to rural livelihoods in low- and middle-income countries. Enhancing the sustainability of these livelihoods is crucial for ensuring food security and nutrition at both global and regional levels. This study investigates the role of Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) practices in improving rural livelihoods in Latin America, specifically through the Climate Smart Village (CSV) approach. Methods: Our analysis involved a dataset of 267 households, comprising both adopters and non-adopters of CSA practices in CSVs across Guatemala, Honduras, and Colombia. We employed multiple correspondence analysis (MCA), Gower’s metric, agglomerative clustering, partitioning around medoids (PAM), and cluster validation. Our aim was to understand how CSA practices, which include the use of agroclimatic information, soil and water management practices, and risk diversification strategies, contribute to enhancing livelihoods. We examined this in the context of the five capitals (social, natural, physical, financial, and human) of the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF). Results: Our findings indicate that CSA farmers exhibit lower capital-based vulnerability compared to non-CSA farmers. This is particularly evident in the areas of social capital, as well as human and natural capital for certain CSA adopters. However, the similar performance in financial and physical capital between CSA and non-CSA farmers suggests the need for additional strategies to reduce vulnerability in these areas. We examined this through the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF), which includes five capitals: social, natural, physical, financial and human. Conclusion: These findings offer a valuable framework for policy and decision-making processes, helping to identify which capitals and dimensions of livelihood vulnerability should be prioritized in different contexts to achieve climate resilience and sustainable development. The study advocates for continued research efforts, incorporating expanded indicators, such as gender indicators within social and human capital definitions, for a more comprehensive assessment of CSA’s impact. The application of SLF for analyzing CSA’s contribution to rural livelihoods represents a novel approach in Latin American studies.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Artikelnummer | 1363101 |
Tidsskrift | Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems |
Vol/bind | 8 |
Antal sider | 14 |
ISSN | 2571-581X |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2024 |
Bibliografisk note
Funding Information:
We would like to thank all funders who supported this research through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust Fund ( https://www.cgiar.org/funders ). Also, we would like to thank the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) who financed the Global EbA Fund through UICN and UNEP.
Funding Information:
The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Results of this paper were analyzed in the framework of the CGIAR regional integrated initiative for Latin America and the Caribbean: AgriLAC Resiliente (https://www.cgiar.org/initiative/agrilac-resiliente/) and the project Putting Ecosystems at the Center of Adaptation through the Climate Smart Village (CSV) approach (funded by Global EbA Fund \u2013 https://globalebafund.org/304_1_234/). The data was gathered through the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
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