Food Security and Livelihood Vulnerability to Climate Change in Trinidad and Tobago

Shah, Kalim U.; Dulal, Hari Bansha; Awojobi, Mohammed T.

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-8256-7_12

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“…This variable was positively and highly correlated with income, and those who were bona fide reported a higher average of network institutions and organizations. This result aligns with other studies that suggest that, in the context of disaster, external sources of support, whether institutional or financial, can support farmers' adaptive capacity to navigate recovery [29,54,97]. These variables also point out to how these individual attributes in 'normal times' may build the resistance and resilience of farming systems [49,98,99], in light of compounding shocks in the ongoing climate crisis.…”

Section: Farmer Households Island Food Security and Disastersupporting

confidence: 88%

“…While less than 1% of farmers in this study reported low food security prior to Hurricane Maria's landfall, 69% of Puerto Rican farmer households reported at least one month of not having enough food to consume or having struggled to acquire food in the aftermath of Maria, with 31% experiencing immediate (1-2 months) and 38% persistent (three months or more) food insecurity. Findings suggest that household food security outcomes, in light of disaster, is compounded on individual risk factors and access to sources of support, which aligns with previous research [3,54,56]. Furthermore, given islands local food systems' importance in buffering impacts from extreme weather events [16,44,55],…”

Section: Farmer Households Island Food Security and Disastersupporting

confidence: 77%

“…economic, inequality, colonial legacies) intertwine and influence individual outcomes [46][47][48][49][50][51]. Assessing farmers' food security over time during the recovery period from an extreme weather event can provide an understanding of how social-ecological dynamics shape disasters [37,52,53], and what may contribute to reducing vulnerability to future extreme weather events and other natural hazards more broadly [48,54]. This is important in SIDS where domestic production can buffer against supply chain challenges following a disaster [36,44,55].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The limited studies that have been done in the context of disaster in Latin America and the Caribbean mostly focus on farm resiliency and recovery (e.g. returning the farm to production or to pre-event state), showing that production diversity, access to diverse markets and sources of support, correlate with better farm recovery from extreme weather events [45,54,55].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Social-ecological interactions in a disaster context: Puerto Rican farmer households’ food security after Hurricane Maria

Rodríguez-Cruz

Álvarez-Berríos

Niles

2022

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Islands are uniquely vulnerable to extreme weather events and food insecurities, and have additional response challenges due to their limited territories and economies, isolation, colonial legacies, and high dependence of food imports. Domestic farmers have a key role in producing food for island communities like Puerto Rico, which can safeguard food security when food importation may be challenging. Nevertheless, in the context of disaster, farmers themselves may be vulnerable to food insecurity and unable to contribute to domestic markets. This paper examines Puerto Rican farmers households’ food security in the aftermath of 2017’s Hurricane Maria using a social-ecological lens. Survey data from 405 farmers gathered eight months after Maria, coupled with biophysical data from the hurricane’s impacts (winds, rains, and landslides), was analyzed. Overall, 69% of farmers experienced at least one month of food insecurity in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, and 38% reported persistent food insecurity (three months or more). A multinomial logistic regression suggests that biophysical impacts, but especially social factors, such as age and constraint access to external sources of support, are linked with persistent food insecurity. This suggests that the biophysical impacts of the hurricane interact with existing infrastructure and social resources to affect farmer vulnerability and the food environment in different ways. Thus, strengthening adaptive capacity in multiple domains can help farmers and vulnerable populations better navigate the disruptions faced during disasters to alleviate food insecurity.

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Section: Farmer Households Island Food Security and Disastersupporting

confidence: 88%

Section: Farmer Households Island Food Security and Disastersupporting

confidence: 77%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Social-ecological interactions in a disaster context: Puerto Rican farmer households’ food security after Hurricane Maria

Rodríguez-Cruz

Álvarez-Berríos

Niles

2022

Environ. Res. Lett.

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“…The agricultural sector is one of the key drivers of rural and economic development across the world. In the recognition of this sector as a key to rural and economic development, three pillars of agriculture have been identified, namely: poverty alleviation, food security and employment creation, skills development, and economic development (Agholor and Obi, 2013;Shah et al, 2020). In the rural areas, agriculture is the main economic activity and it's the very main means of escape from poverty (FAO, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

Assessing the Adoption of Conservation Agriculture Towards Climate Change Adaptation: A Case of Nkomazi, Mpumalanga Province

Sithole¹,

Agholor²

2022

Proceedings of International Conference on Agriculture

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Climate change is a threat to agricultural productivity and the overwhelming effects of climate change hinders the quest for sustainable agriculture, with the aim of satisfying the increasing demands for food and fiber. Adaptation to the ever-changing climate is a necessity for the agricultural sector. The study was conducted in Nkomazi Local Municipality. The study assessed the adoption of conservation agriculture in relation to climate change by smallholder farmers. Focus group discussion, structured and semistructured questionnaires were used to randomly collect data from selected smallholder farmers. The data was analyzed using the binary logistics regression model to determine adoption behavior of farmers in the use of conservation agriculture. Logistic regression result show that several predictor variables were found to significantly influence the adoption behavior of smallholder farmers in the area. The study noted the existence of significant variables to include age, education, household size, income, number of children, and adoption of conservation agricultural practice. Marital status of the farmers was found not to be significant and never to influence the adoption behavior of farmers with a p-value of (0.911) and co-efficient of (0.102). Furthermore, thoughtful decision process and smallholder farmers' capacity development and training on conservation techniques must be accentuated. It is therefore, recommended that future research be undertaken on the extent to which the effects of climate change affect farmer's productivity as well as the lack of youth involvement in agricultural production in the study area.

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COVID-19: The Impact of a Complex Disaster on Household Food Security in Caribbean SIDS

Marshall¹,

Ville²,

Fletcher-Paul³

et al. 2021

COVID in the Islands: A Comparative Perspective on the Caribbean and the Pacific

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Food Security and Livelihood Vulnerability to Climate Change in Trinidad and Tobago

Cited by 11 publications

References 38 publications

Social-ecological interactions in a disaster context: Puerto Rican farmer households’ food security after Hurricane Maria

Social-ecological interactions in a disaster context: Puerto Rican farmer households’ food security after Hurricane Maria

Assessing the Adoption of Conservation Agriculture Towards Climate Change Adaptation: A Case of Nkomazi, Mpumalanga Province

COVID-19: The Impact of a Complex Disaster on Household Food Security in Caribbean SIDS

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