Everyday adaptation practices by coffee farmers in three mountain regions in Africa

Mountain environments in East Africa experience more rapid increases in temperature than lower elevations, which, together with changing rainfall patterns, often negatively affect coffee production. However, little is known about the adaptation strategies used by smallholder coffee farmers in Africa...

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Autores: Cuni-Sanchez, A., Twinomuhangi, I., Aneseyee, A.B., Mwangi, B., Olaka, L., Bitariho, R., Soromessa, T., Zafra-Calvo, N.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
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Palabra clave:adaptation
Africa
climate change
mountain regions
subsistence farmers
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spelling Everyday adaptation practices by coffee farmers in three mountain regions in AfricaCuni-Sanchez, A.Twinomuhangi, I.Aneseyee, A.B.Mwangi, B.Olaka, L.Bitariho, R.Soromessa, T.Zafra-Calvo, N.adaptationAfricaclimate changemountain regionssubsistence farmersMountain environments in East Africa experience more rapid increases in temperature than lower elevations, which, together with changing rainfall patterns, often negatively affect coffee production. However, little is known about the adaptation strategies used by smallholder coffee farmers in Africa. Using the lens of everyday adaptation, semi-structured interviews were carried out with 450 smallholder farmers living near the Bale Mountains in Ethiopia (n = 150), Mount Kenya in Kenya (n = 150), and Kigezi Highlands in Uganda (n = 150). We report similarities in adaptation strategies used (e.g., increased use of improved seeds, inputs, soil-conservation techniques) but also differences across and within regions (e.g., irrigation, coffee-farming abandonment), related to different biophysical, economic, and sociocultural factors. In all regions, access to land, funds, and limited mutual-learning opportunities between farmers and other agents of change constrained further adaptation options. Local people have capacity and means to determine how best they can adapt to climate change, and government agencies and NGOs could implement more participatory engagement with smallholder coffee farmers, attuned to the opportunities and constraints in everyday life to facilitate adaptation to predicted changes in climate.We are deeply grateful to our study participants, who graciously shared their time, energy, and stories. We thank our field assistants and facilitators for making this research possible. We also acknowledge the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI), the Sustainability and Development Initiative (SDI), and the Initiative on Climate Adaptation Research and Understanding through the Social Sciences (ICARUS) for funding support.Ecology and Society202320232022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/61591reponame:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigacióninstname:Universidad del País VascoIngléshttps://dx.doi.org/10.5751/es-13622-270432info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/es/© 2022 by the author(s). Published here under license by the Resilience Alliance.Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 3.0 Españaoai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/615912026-06-18T09:23:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Everyday adaptation practices by coffee farmers in three mountain regions in Africa
title Everyday adaptation practices by coffee farmers in three mountain regions in Africa
spellingShingle Everyday adaptation practices by coffee farmers in three mountain regions in Africa
Cuni-Sanchez, A.
adaptation
Africa
climate change
mountain regions
subsistence farmers
title_short Everyday adaptation practices by coffee farmers in three mountain regions in Africa
title_full Everyday adaptation practices by coffee farmers in three mountain regions in Africa
title_fullStr Everyday adaptation practices by coffee farmers in three mountain regions in Africa
title_full_unstemmed Everyday adaptation practices by coffee farmers in three mountain regions in Africa
title_sort Everyday adaptation practices by coffee farmers in three mountain regions in Africa
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cuni-Sanchez, A.
Twinomuhangi, I.
Aneseyee, A.B.
Mwangi, B.
Olaka, L.
Bitariho, R.
Soromessa, T.
Zafra-Calvo, N.
author Cuni-Sanchez, A.
author_facet Cuni-Sanchez, A.
Twinomuhangi, I.
Aneseyee, A.B.
Mwangi, B.
Olaka, L.
Bitariho, R.
Soromessa, T.
Zafra-Calvo, N.
author_role author
author2 Twinomuhangi, I.
Aneseyee, A.B.
Mwangi, B.
Olaka, L.
Bitariho, R.
Soromessa, T.
Zafra-Calvo, N.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv adaptation
Africa
climate change
mountain regions
subsistence farmers
topic adaptation
Africa
climate change
mountain regions
subsistence farmers
description Mountain environments in East Africa experience more rapid increases in temperature than lower elevations, which, together with changing rainfall patterns, often negatively affect coffee production. However, little is known about the adaptation strategies used by smallholder coffee farmers in Africa. Using the lens of everyday adaptation, semi-structured interviews were carried out with 450 smallholder farmers living near the Bale Mountains in Ethiopia (n = 150), Mount Kenya in Kenya (n = 150), and Kigezi Highlands in Uganda (n = 150). We report similarities in adaptation strategies used (e.g., increased use of improved seeds, inputs, soil-conservation techniques) but also differences across and within regions (e.g., irrigation, coffee-farming abandonment), related to different biophysical, economic, and sociocultural factors. In all regions, access to land, funds, and limited mutual-learning opportunities between farmers and other agents of change constrained further adaptation options. Local people have capacity and means to determine how best they can adapt to climate change, and government agencies and NGOs could implement more participatory engagement with smallholder coffee farmers, attuned to the opportunities and constraints in everyday life to facilitate adaptation to predicted changes in climate.
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