Climate-smart agriculture reduces capital-based livelihoods vulnerability: Evidence from Latin America

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dc.creatorMartínez-Barón, Deissy
dc.creatorAlarcón de Antón, Marina
dc.creatorMartinez Salgado, Jesús David
dc.creatorCastellanos, Andrea Estefanía
dc.date2024-07-12
dc.date2024-08-02T13:03:12Z
dc.date2024-08-02T13:03:12Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T13:35:52Z
dc.descriptionIntroduction: Climate change poses a significant threat to rural livelihoods in low- and middle-income countries. Enhancing the sustainability of these livelihoods is crucial for ensuring food security and nutrition at both global and regional levels. This study investigates the role of Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) practices in improving rural livelihoods in Latin America, specifically through the Climate Smart Village (CSV) approach. Methods: Our analysis involved a dataset of 267 households, comprising both adopters and non-adopters of CSA practices in CSVs across Guatemala, Honduras, and Colombia. We employed multiple correspondence analysis (MCA), Gower’s metric, agglomerative clustering, partitioning around medoids (PAM), and cluster validation. Our aim was to understand how CSA practices, which include the use of agroclimatic information, soil and water management practices, and risk diversification strategies, contribute to enhancing livelihoods. We examined this in the context of the five capitals (social, natural, physical, financial, and human) of the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF). Results: Our findings indicate that CSA farmers exhibit lower capital-based vulnerability compared to non-CSA farmers. This is particularly evident in the areas of social capital, as well as human and natural capital for certain CSA adopters. However, the similar performance in financial and physical capital between CSA and non-CSA farmers suggests the need for additional strategies to reduce vulnerability in these areas. We examined this through the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF), which includes five capitals: social, natural, physical, financial and human. Conclusion: These findings offer a valuable framework for policy and decision-making processes, helping to identify which capitals and dimensions of livelihood vulnerability should be prioritized in different contexts to achieve climate resilience and sustainable development. The study advocates for continued research efforts, incorporating expanded indicators, such as gender indicators within social and human capital definitions, for a more comprehensive assessment of CSA’s impact. The application of SLF for analyzing CSA’s contribution to rural livelihoods represents a novel approach in Latin American studies.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/151509
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/64399
dc.languageen
dc.publisherFrontiers Media
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceMartínez-Barón, D.; Alarcón de Antón, M.; Martinez Salgado, J.D.; Castellanos, A.E. (2024) Climate-smart agriculture reduces capital-based livelihoods vulnerability: Evidence from Latin America. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 8:1363101. ISSN: 2571-581X
dc.subjectagricultura climáticamente inteligente
dc.subjectclimate-smart agriculture
dc.subjectsocial capital
dc.subjectcapital social
dc.subjectsustainable livelihoods
dc.subjecthuman capital
dc.subjectphysical capital
dc.subjectnatural capital
dc.subjectmedio de vida sostenible
dc.subjectcapital natural
dc.subjectcapital humano
dc.subjectfinancial capital
dc.titleClimate-smart agriculture reduces capital-based livelihoods vulnerability: Evidence from Latin America
dc.typeJournal Article

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