The Organizational Dimensions of Agricultural Adaptation: Experiences in Québec’s Market Garden Sector

2016 ◽  
pp. 91-104
Author(s):  
Annie Choquette ◽  
Nicolas Milot ◽  
Laurent Lepage
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Adaptation

Agricultural Adaptation in Sri Lanka: Psychological and Environmental Influences

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather B. Truelove ◽  
Amanda R. Carrico ◽  
Lanka Thabrew ◽  
John Jacobi ◽  
George Hornberger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Environmental Influences ◽  
Agricultural Adaptation

scholarly journals A Review of Climate-Smart Agriculture Research and Applications in Africa

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1255
Author(s):  
Paul M. Barasa ◽  
Christina M. Botai ◽  
Joel O. Botai ◽  
Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Collaboration Networks ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Government Programs ◽  
Agricultural Adaptation ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
Smart Agriculture ◽  
Support Decision Making

Funders and governments are promoting climate-smart agriculture (CSA) as key to agricultural adaptation under climate change in Africa. However, with its progressions still at the policy level and framework description, there is a need to understand the current developments and activities conducted within the CSA research field. We conducted a scientific mapping and analyses of CSA research studies in Africa to understand the (i) thematic trends, (ii) developments, (iii) nature of collaboration networks, and (iv) general narratives supporting the adoption and application of CSA in Africa. Results show that several African countries had endorsed CSA as an approach to addressing agricultural productivity challenges, supporting adaptation strategies, and building resilience to climate change. However, a majority do not have national Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plans (CSAIPs). Additionally, CSA research in Africa is still developing, with only a few countries dominating the research outputs. For a successful implementation of CSA, a framework provided by the CSAIPs must be established to guide the processes. This will provide a framework to guide the integration of government programs, policies, and strategic plans by combining other inputs from stakeholders to support decision making and implementation of CSA.

scholarly journals Drought, agricultural adaptation, and sociopolitical collapse in the Maya Lowlands

2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (18) ◽  
pp. 5607-5612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter M. J. Douglas ◽  
Mark Pagani ◽  
Marcello A. Canuto ◽  
Mark Brenner ◽  
David A. Hodell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Isotope ◽  
Sediment Cores ◽  
Classic Period ◽  
Maya Lowlands ◽  
Agricultural Adaptation ◽  
Terminal Classic ◽  
Paleoclimate Records ◽  
Early Classic Period ◽  
Plant Wax ◽  
Terminal Classic Period

Paleoclimate records indicate a series of severe droughts was associated with societal collapse of the Classic Maya during the Terminal Classic period (∼800–950 C.E.). Evidence for drought largely derives from the drier, less populated northern Maya Lowlands but does not explain more pronounced and earlier societal disruption in the relatively humid southern Maya Lowlands. Here we apply hydrogen and carbon isotope compositions of plant wax lipids in two lake sediment cores to assess changes in water availability and land use in both the northern and southern Maya lowlands. We show that relatively more intense drying occurred in the southern lowlands than in the northern lowlands during the Terminal Classic period, consistent with earlier and more persistent societal decline in the south. Our results also indicate a period of substantial drying in the southern Maya Lowlands from ∼200 C.E. to 500 C.E., during the Terminal Preclassic and Early Classic periods. Plant wax carbon isotope records indicate a decline in C4 plants in both lake catchments during the Early Classic period, interpreted to reflect a shift from extensive agriculture to intensive, water-conservative maize cultivation that was motivated by a drying climate. Our results imply that agricultural adaptations developed in response to earlier droughts were initially successful, but failed under the more severe droughts of the Terminal Classic period.

Inclusive development and agricultural adaptation to climate change

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 78-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-San Luo ◽  
Dereba Muleta ◽  
Zhenghua Hu ◽  
Haoye Tang ◽  
Zhen Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Agricultural Adaptation

scholarly journals Agricultural Adaptation to a Changing Climate: Economic and Environmental Implications Vary by U.S. Region

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Malcolm ◽  
Elizabeth Marshall ◽  
Marcel Aillery ◽  
Paul Heisey ◽  
Mike J. Livingston ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Implications ◽  
Agricultural Adaptation ◽  
Changing Climate
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