Multidimensional Typology of Mexican Farmers in the Context of Climate Change

Maldonado-Méndez, María de Lourdes; Lozano, José Luis Romo; Moral, Julio Baca del; Monterroso-Rivas, Alejandro Ismael

doi:10.3390/agriculture12081079

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“…Teixeira et al 2018, Benitez-Altuna et al 2023, emphasizing the relevance of considering sociodemographic parameters, bio-physical scenarios, and risk management practices in a holistic approach (e.g. Maldonado-Méndez et al 2022, Sinha et al 2022. Our farm typology gathers farmers to discuss common interests or challenges, as suggested by Innazent et al (2022).…”

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Targeting farmers’ heterogeneity to enrich climate change adaptation policy design: findings from northern Italy

Ricart,

Gandolfi,

Castelletti

2024

Environ. Res.: Climate

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With its scientifically proven effects and widespread acceptance, climate change stands as one of the most pressing and intricate challenges for society and economies. Farmers are on the frontline of managing climate change. Therefore, how they perceive and respond to climate change shapes their risk assessment and structures future resilience and adaptive capacity. Employing a bottom-up approach, we conducted 460 surveys randomly among farmers throughout the Lombardy region in northern Italy. A triple-loop approach considering climate change awareness, perceived impacts, and adaptation measures and barriers was implemented to characterize the potential heterogeneity of farmer behaviour and explore whether risk attitudes and adaptation actions differ between farmer profiles. We then profiled farmers through a clustering analysis. Four groups emerged, highlighting farmers’ adaptation preferences and risk attitudes: 1) cropping-adapted and isolated farmers, 2) cooperation-adapted and insecure farmers, 3) risk insurance-adapted and confident farmers, and 4) climate services-adapted and aware farmers. Although the groups vary in terms of farmers’ characterization and farming activities (e.g., young and highly educated vs. old and highly experienced farmers, rainfed vs. irrigated farms), similar patterns were observed regarding climate change awareness and perceived impacts – however, the contrast increased in terms of adaptation measures and barriers. Gaining a more comprehensive understanding of the diverse ways in which farmers assess risks and adapt can promote the transferability of bottom-up findings and inform the co-design of tailored and flexible adaptation instruments, minimizing the risk of maladaptation or ineffective transformation in the face of climate change.

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Targeting farmers’ heterogeneity to enrich climate change adaptation policy design: findings from northern Italy

Ricart,

Gandolfi,

Castelletti

2024

Environ. Res.: Climate

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“…La clasificación y diferenciación de los productores de papaya y sus agroecosistemas, contribuirá fundamentalmente en el diseño pertinente de políticas públicas, así como en el fomento de proyectos y procesos de transferencia de tecnologías de manera diferenciada; dado que los productores y sus agroecosistemas tienen características biofísicas, económicas y socioculturales particulares (Maldonado-Méndez et al, 2022).…”

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TIPOLOGÍA DE PRODUCTORES Y DIFERENCIACIÓN DE LOS AGROECOSISTEMAS CON PAPAYA (Carica papaya L.) EN OAXACA, MÉXICO

Cisneros-Saguilán,

Merino-Ávila,

Valenzuela-Lagarda

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Trop Subtrop Agroecosyst

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Background: The Costa region is the main papaya (Carica papaya L.) producing area in the state of Oaxaca. However, there are no studies that document the potentialities, limitations, and development of the productive and commercial process of this crop with a comprehensive approach. Objective: To characterize papaya producers and their agroecosystems in the Costa region of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico; and determine a representative typology, based on their socioeconomic, productive, technological and commercial characteristics, using multivariate analysis techniques. Methodology: A questionnaire was applied through a probabilistic sampling to 89 papaya producers from seven municipalities in the Costa region of the state of Oaxaca, which included quantitative and qualitative variables, classified into indicators: i) social: ii) physical, iii) productive, iv) economic, v) management, vi) commercialization, vii) technological. Data analysis included descriptive statistics, review and selection of variables, factor analysis by the principal components method, identification of clusters, comparison and differentiation of defined groups, and discriminant analysis. Results: Through factorial analysis, two factors were selected that explained 72.89% of the original variability. The first factor was related to the variables economic income from the sale of papaya, profitability factor and papaya yield; while the second factor was explained by the experience of the producer. The cluster analysis allowed to identify three types of papaya producers (conventional, intermediate, and businesses), which represented 62%, 28% and 10% of the total sample. The variables with the greatest discriminating power between groups were economic income from the sale of papaya, papaya yield, and the profitability factor. Implications: The defined typology suggests the need to improve the design of public policies and promptly reorient them based on the heterogeneity among papaya producers in the study region. Conclusions: The papaya producers in the study sample are relatively young, have an intermediate level of schooling and seniority in the activity; those that make up Group 3 (businesses) stand out for having higher crop yields and better marketing channels. Papaya agroecosystems differ mainly by cultivated area, production yield, economic income and production costs.

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“…Para Norman Long (2015) es importante resaltar que "la comprensión de diferentes patrones en las conductas sociales debe, en consecuencia, apoyarse en el conocimiento y la agencia de los actores y no ser simplemente considerados como consecuencia del impacto diferencial de fuerzas sociales más amplias" (p. 89). Por lo tanto, acercarse a la comprensión de diversificación de los medios de vida y su impacto en las familias, implica no solo considerar el contexto, aunque sí incluirlo, sino que, también, una tarea central del análisis es identificar las estrategias, racionalidades y mundos de vida de diferentes actores, así como las condiciones en las cuales estos surgen, de qué manera se entrelazan, su efectividad o viabilidad para resolver problemas específicos y, sus ramificaciones sociales más amplias (Norman Long, 2015, p. 89).…”

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Estrategias de sobrevivencia ante contextos de vulnerabilidad socioambiental en pequeños agricultores de zonas semiáridas del noreste mexicano

Navarro Hinojoza,

Fuentes,

Flores Estrada

2023

Perspectivas Rurales

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A pesar de las vulnerabilidades, las poblaciones rurales del semidesierto Coahuilense persisten con la esperanza de perpetuarse. El objetivo del trabajo fue analizar las estrategias de vida, llevadas a cabo por los pequeños agricultores, y la influencia de dichas estrategias en el bienestar percibido del hogar. La zona de estudio fue el Ejido Chapultepec, en Arteaga, Coahuila. La metodología empleada fue una adaptación del Enfoque de Medios de vida Sustentables. Se realizaron 29 entrevistas semiestructuradas a informantes clave, a través de un muestreo dirigido de voluntarios, hasta el punto de saturación, durante el 2020; además de recorridos y observación de campo. Se generó una caracterización y tipificación de los productores y análisis de las vulnerabilidades. Como estrategias de vida todos llevan a cabo pluriactividades, migración temporal y el trabajo en la industria. La actividad agropecuaria es a tiempo parcial. Debido a los cambios en los patrones de lluvia han tenido que cambiar los cultivos, las fechas de siembra o, incluso, el abandono de actividades. Todos reportan sentirse satisfechos y con bienestar. Se concluye que los medios de vida de la población estudiada son, predominantemente, con base en la pluriactividad, bajo contextos de vulnerabilidad ecosocial, que les están llevando a cambios significativos en sus estrategias de vida.

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Multidimensional Typology of Mexican Farmers in the Context of Climate Change

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References 41 publications

Targeting farmers’ heterogeneity to enrich climate change adaptation policy design: findings from northern Italy

Targeting farmers’ heterogeneity to enrich climate change adaptation policy design: findings from northern Italy

TIPOLOGÍA DE PRODUCTORES Y DIFERENCIACIÓN DE LOS AGROECOSISTEMAS CON PAPAYA (Carica papaya L.) EN OAXACA, MÉXICO

Estrategias de sobrevivencia ante contextos de vulnerabilidad socioambiental en pequeños agricultores de zonas semiáridas del noreste mexicano

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