The impact of seasonality and climate variability on livelihood security in the Ecuadorian Andes

Blackmore, Ivy; Rivera, Claudia; Waters, William F.; Iannotti, Lora; Lesorogol, Carolyn

doi:10.1016/j.crm.2021.100279

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“…Lack of water resources increases agricultural vulnerability to the changing climate, which influences the health of large populations (Mahapatra et al, 2021). Similar effects are observed in Africa and South America, where agricultural production is highly sensitive to climate change, even in a 1.5°C world (Blackmore et al, 2021;Zhai et al, 2021).…”

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Ten new insights in climate science 2022

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Non-technical summary We summarize what we assess as the past year's most important findings within climate change research: limits to adaptation, vulnerability hotspots, new threats coming from the climate–health nexus, climate (im)mobility and security, sustainable practices for land use and finance, losses and damages, inclusive societal climate decisions and ways to overcome structural barriers to accelerate mitigation and limit global warming to below 2°C. Technical summary We synthesize 10 topics within climate research where there have been significant advances or emerging scientific consensus since January 2021. The selection of these insights was based on input from an international open call with broad disciplinary scope. Findings concern: (1) new aspects of soft and hard limits to adaptation; (2) the emergence of regional vulnerability hotspots from climate impacts and human vulnerability; (3) new threats on the climate–health horizon – some involving plants and animals; (4) climate (im)mobility and the need for anticipatory action; (5) security and climate; (6) sustainable land management as a prerequisite to land-based solutions; (7) sustainable finance practices in the private sector and the need for political guidance; (8) the urgent planetary imperative for addressing losses and damages; (9) inclusive societal choices for climate-resilient development and (10) how to overcome barriers to accelerate mitigation and limit global warming to below 2°C. Social media summary Science has evidence on barriers to mitigation and how to overcome them to avoid limits to adaptation across multiple fields.

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“…Wage income is generated mainly from seasonal wage work on other farms and was especially important for FHH and households headed by SSF and young farmers, compared to MHH and households headed by MSF and old farmers, respectively. The seasonal wage work is probably used as a strategy to cope with the risk of crop failure due to drought as reported by studies conducted in semi-arid areas elsewhere (Anderson et al, 2016;Andersen, 2017, 2016;Blackmorea et al, 2021). Self-employment activities, comprising a range of enterprises from retail trade to brick making, local beer brewing and handicrafts were predominant among young farmers.…”

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Livestock, Crop Commercialisation and Poverty Reduction Among Rural Households in the Singida Region, Tanzania

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Livestock is an important component of mixed crop-livestock farming systems in the Singida Region in Tanzania, directly or indirectly contributing to household income, food security and poverty reduction among rural people in the region. This paper examined the effect of livestock on crop commercialisation and farmers’ livelihoods in the region. The complementarity between crops and livestock in the farming systems of Singida needs to be recognised, enhanced and utilised not only by farmers and livestock keepers, but also by local government authorities and development practitioners.

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“…Although food insecurity in subsistence farming settings often occurs chronically and seasonally, during the hunger season – the period when a household has depleted food stores from the past year’s harvest but is not yet ready to harvest for the current year – the severity of the hunger season can vary based on the quality of the preceding year’s production ( Becquey et al, 2012 , Handa and Mlay, 2006 , Hill et al, 2019 , Jiggins, 1986 , Vaitla et al, 2009 ). Even for households that are not directly engaged in agricultural production, a poor growing season can mark a general shortage of locally available food staples and higher prices and fewer wage earning opportunities ( Blackmore, 2021 , Vaitla et al, 2009 ).…”

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