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Los impactos del cambio climático sobre las comunidades campesinas y de agricultores tradicionales y sus respuestas adaptativas
Miguel A. Altieri,Clara I. Nicholls +1 more
- Vol. 3, Iss: 3, pp 7-24
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In this article, the authors re-evaluate indigenous knowledge and technologies as a key source of information of adaptive strategies centered on the experimental and innovative capacities of small farmers when confronting climate change.Abstract:
Most models predict that small farmers will disproportionatelly share the negative effects of climate change, partuclarly those living in rainfed areas. Increases in temperature, drougths, hurricanes, etc could reduce productivity up to 50% in certain regions. Many researchers assert that while climate change reduces yields, the effects on the livelihoods of subsistence farmers could be severe. Existing models however provide a mere approximation of the expected effects and in most cases hide the enormous variability in the adaptive responses exhicited by hundreds of rural communities throughout the Third World. Many traditional communities seem to cope and even adapt to extreme weather fluctuactions. In fact many farmers even prepare to changing climate conditions minimizing yield reductions through the use of tolerant local varieties, polycultures, agroforestry systems, water harvesting, organic soil fertilization, and a variety of otehr techniques. Given this, it is imperative to re-evaluate indigenous knowledge and technologies as a key source of information of adaptive strategies centered on the experimental and innovative capacities of small farmers when confronting climate change. Understanding the agroecological adaptive and resilient mechanisms of small farmers is vital to design new agroecosystems in an era of climate change.read more
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