Climate risk adaptation by smallholder farmers: the roles of trees and agroforestry

Lasco, Rodel D.; Delfino, Rafaela Jane; Catacutan, Delia; Simelton, Elisabeth; Wilson, David

doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2013.11.013

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“…Small farmers are stewards of the traditional agricultural practices, and globally about 84% of farms have area less than 2 ha that operate 12% of farmland (Altieri 2004;Lowder et al 2016). Smallholder farmers adjust to environmental changes through their indigenous knowledge and experience such as changing farming practices and cultivating adapted crops (Lasco et al 2014). China ranks first in terms of total small farms followed by India, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Vietnam (Altieri 2009).…”

Section: Traditional Agriculture: Concept and Agroecological Featuresmentioning

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“…Tree components in crop fields reduce the severity of extreme weather events such as floods, hurricanes and tropical storms (Lin 2011;Matocha et al 2012). Trees in fields serve as the windbreaks and shelter belts (Lasco et al 2014). Agroforestry is practised worldwide as a land-use management system but widespread in tropical regions (Pandey 2002).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Traditional agriculture: a climate-smart approach for sustainable food production

Singh

2017

Energ. Ecol. Environ.

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Sustainable food production is one of the major challenges of the twenty-first century in the era of global environmental problems such as climate change, increasing population and natural resource degradation including soil degradation and biodiversity loss. Climate change is among the greatest threats to agricultural systems. Green Revolution though multiplied agricultural production several folds but at the huge environmental cost including climate change. It jeopardized the ecological integrity of agroecosystems by intensive use of fossil fuels, natural resources, agrochemicals and machinery. Moreover, it threatened the age-old traditional agricultural practices. Agriculture is one of the largest sectors that sustain livelihood to maximum number of people and contribute to climate change. Therefore, a climate-smart approach to sustainable food production is the need of hour. Traditional agriculture is getting increased attention worldwide in context of sustainable food production in changing climate. The present article advocates traditional agriculture as a climate-smart approach for the sustainable food production and also deliberates the correlation between climate change and agriculture.

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Traditional agriculture: a climate-smart approach for sustainable food production

Singh

2017

Energ. Ecol. Environ.

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“…Studies for instance, highlighted agroforestry systems use to mitigate and adapt climate change (Lasco et al, 2014;Luedeling et al, 2014;Lin, 2007), conserve resources use and facilitate low input practices (Carsan et al, 2014a), source of socio-economic and livelihood sources, such as source of food and feed .…”

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Impact of climate change on the agro-ecological innovation of coffee agroforestry systems in Central Kenya

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“…Agroforestry on the contrast puts forth many benefits because it integrates the concept of multifunctionality into practice including biodiversity, food safety, marketoriented production and rural development (Pattanayak and Mercer, 1998;Lasco et al, 2014;Fouladbash and Currie, 2015). Agroforestry is referred to as a management system that integrates trees in the agricultural and non-agricultural landscapes (Nair et al, 2009;Jose, 2012).…”

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Determinants of agroforestry adoption as an adaptation means to drought among smallholder farmers in Nakasongola District, Central Uganda

Mfitumukiza¹,

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Ingrid³

2017

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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Agroforestry adoption as a drought adaptation option has an omnibus of opportunities for smallholder farmers in semi-arid regions. This study assessed the severity and frequency of drought and the determinants of agroforestry adoption in Nakasongola District. The episodes were examined using the Standardised Precipitation Index (SPI) set at 3, 6 and 12 months timescales. A cross-sectional survey using semi-structured questionnaires, focus group discussions and key informants were adopted. A total of 200 farmers were randomly selected and studied. The adoption was determined using a binary logistic regression. The SPI results showed that the extreme drought years recorded were 1980, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1999 The average return period of severe droughts was 4 years. The levels of agroforestry uptake were higher (85%) between July and June drought period. Agrisilviculture, agrosilvopastoral, silvopastoral and apiculture were the most adopted agroforestry systems by the farmers. The household age, level of education and income were the major significant determinants of agroforestry adoption (p<0.05) in adaptation to drought by the smallholder farmers. The potential benefits of agroforestry adoption included the provision of food, fodder, erosion control and soil fertility enrichment, however, the farmers were mainly constrained by inadequate funds, shortage of tree planting stock, limited extension services and information on agroforestry production. Thus, carrying out massive awareness campaigns on agroforestry practices is more likely to increase the uptake.

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Climate risk adaptation by smallholder farmers: the roles of trees and agroforestry

Cited by 144 publications

References 36 publications

Traditional agriculture: a climate-smart approach for sustainable food production

Traditional agriculture: a climate-smart approach for sustainable food production

Impact of climate change on the agro-ecological innovation of coffee agroforestry systems in Central Kenya

Determinants of agroforestry adoption as an adaptation means to drought among smallholder farmers in Nakasongola District, Central Uganda

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