Classifying climate change perceptions of bean breeders in Santander-Colombia

Botero, Hernan; Barnes, Andrew P.; Perez, Lisset; Rios, David; Ramírez-Villegas, Julián

doi:10.1080/17565529.2020.1848782

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“… Ramirez-Villegas et al (2012) estimate that high-elevation farms will experience more extreme temperature variations and unpredictable seasons and low-elevation farms will experience more droughts and lower rainfall levels. Botero et al (2020) find that elevation is an important driver of climate change perception in this region of Colombia. Farmers located at low elevations tend to perceive more droughts and water deficits, whereas farmers located at high elevations tend to perceive extreme temperature variations, even though they consider that they have enough water for their bean production.…”

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“…Elevation is an important determinant of agricultural production in Colombia ( IDEAM, 2013 ; FENALCE, 2020 ). This variable is also an important determinant of common bean breeders' climate change perception ( Botero et al, 2020 ). In this study, we find that farms' elevation helps explain variety selection as well.…”

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“…As a result, farms' elevation is expected to be an important driver behind farmers' variety selection. In turn, farms' distance to the nearest urban centre is expected to be an important driver behind variety selection because distance determines farms' accessibility in the Andean mountains ( Feola et al, 2015 ; Botero et al, 2020 ), affecting farmers' transportation costs. In turn, these two variables are also expected to be important determinants of seed diversification.…”

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“…The department of Santander has been selected for this study because it is the fifth most important common bean producing region in Colombia ( DANE, 2014 ) and it is expected to be the worst affected by climate change among the most important common bean production regions in Colombia ( Ramirez-Villegas et al, 2012 ; Eitzinger et al, 2014 ; Eitzinger et al, 2018 ). Moreover, Santander's municipalities are mainly located on the Andean mountains, which implies that Santander has the archetypal mountainous landscape of the Colombian Andes and any inference based on this region is easily extendable to other Colombian regions with similar agroecological environments and elevation-driven weather variations ( Perez et al, 2019 ; Botero et al, 2020 ).…”

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Variety selection and diversification are climate change adaptation practices pursued by Colombian common bean producers. We investigate the drivers behind common bean variety selection and diversification in one of the most important common bean production regions in Colombia —Santander. The effects of climate change on this region are expected to be elevation driven. Exploiting the relationship between elevation-driven weather variations and climate change perception in Santander, we estimate an alternative-specific conditional logistic regression model to identify the determinants of common bean variety selection from a survey of producers. Using an ordered-logistic regression model, we also investigate the drivers behind common bean variety diversification within this farming community. We find that farms' elevation, household composition, and seed certification are some of the most important drivers behind farmers' common bean variety selection in Santander. We also find that varieties that sell at higher prices and have shorter vegetative cycles tend to be more preferred by farmers. Finally, farmers who receive more help from family members and own a tractor tend to grow more than one variety in the same production cycle. Common bean breeding programmes can exploit these drivers to design communication strategies to maximize uptake of newly developed common bean phenotypes.

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“…From the analyzed literature, it is glaring that topics on the impact and perception of CSA practices on smallholders are being documented in recent years; however, more efforts are needed for more evidence. In Africa, as well as other countries in the world, such as Myanmar [190], Nepal [191], Pakistan [192], Colombia [193], Brazil [194], China [195] and India [196], several studies investigating farmers' perception on climate change and adaptation strategies have been conducted. Moreover, all these studies emphasized the necessity to determine the factors that can hinder climate change information services and help farmers in implementing the most appropriate adaptation strategies.…”

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The agricultural sector contributes approximately 10–20% of the total anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions. Consequently, climate change can negatively affect crop yields and livestock production thus threatening food security, especially in a vulnerable continent like Africa. This review provides an overview of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices and their impacts on smallholder farmers in five African countries (Algeria, Senegal, Benin, Nigeria and Zambia). A total of 164 published articles on CSA practices were reviewed. Analysis of extracted data showed that CSA practices are classified as follows: agricultural practices, restoration practices of degraded lands, forest and cropland regeneration practices, practices in the livestock sub-sector, water resources and use of weather and climate information services. Moreover, climate change effects differed alongside strategies adapted from one country to another. Adoption of these strategies was often influenced by financial means put in place by governments, the role of policy legislation, access to climate information and farmers’ intellectual level. To address this deficiency, scientific-outcome-based research should be used to increase the effectiveness of climate adaptation management programs. In conclusion, to enhance the uptake of climate-smart agricultural practices in Africa, this review recommends the use of scientific-research-driven adaptation measures and prioritization of climate change in governments’ agendas.

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Classifying climate change perceptions of bean breeders in Santander-Colombia

Cited by 6 publications

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The determinants of common bean variety selection and diversification in Colombia

The determinants of common bean variety selection and diversification in Colombia

Climate-Smart Agriculture in African Countries: A Review of Strategies and Impacts on Smallholder Farmers

What drives farmers’ behavior under climate change? Decoding risk awareness, perceived impacts, and adaptive capacity in northern Italy

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