Practices and Strategies for Adaptation to Climate Variability in Family Farming. An Analysis of Cases of Rural Communities in the Andes Mountains of Colombia and Chile

Carla Marchant Santiago, Paulina Rodríguez Díaz, Luis Morales-Salinas, Liliana Paz Betancourt and Luis Ortega Fernández
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Carla Marchant Santiago: Laboratory of Territorial Studies LabT UACh, Institute of Environmental and Evolutionary Sciences, Austral University of Chile, Valdivia 5090000, Chile
Paulina Rodríguez Díaz: Institute of Geography, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago 8320000, Chile
Luis Morales-Salinas: Laboratory for Research in Environmental Sciences (LARES), Department of Environmental Sciences and Renewable Natural Resources, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago 8320000, Chile
Liliana Paz Betancourt: Faculty of Education, Exact and Natural Sciences University of Cauca, Ecohabitats Foundation, Popayán 190001, Colombia
Luis Ortega Fernández: Ecohabitats Foundation, Popayán 190001, Colombia

Agriculture, 2021, vol. 11, issue 11, 1-22

Abstract: Climate variability imposes greater challenges on family farming and especially on rural communities in vulnerable mountainous regions such as the Andes in Latin America. Changes in rainfall patterns and fluctuations in temperatures cause a greater frequency of extreme events, increased pests, and crop diseases, which even lead to food insecurity in communities that depend on self-production for survival. This is why strategies need to be developed to face this new scenario. Two cases of adaptation experiences to the effects of climate variability in rural communities in Chile (Araucanía Region) and Colombia (Cauca Department) were analyzed on this paper. For this, a mixed methodological approach was adopted that included the analysis of climate data, socioeconomic, and productive characterization of the communities, and a characterization of adaptation practices for both cases. The results show various ways of adapting mainly to changes in the availability and access of water for the development of agriculture and for domestic use. Likewise, it is shown that in order to be successful, the measures for facing climate variability must be part of coordinated strategies under a community-based adaptation approach and not developed in isolation.

Keywords: adaptive strategies and practices; Andes; climate variability; livelihoods; rainfall and water uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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