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Página principal > Artículos > Artículos publicados > Farmers' vulnerability to global change in Navarre, Spain : |
Fecha: | 2019 |
Resumen: | Agricultural landscapes are dynamic environments which change in response to cropping and trade opportunities, available technologies and climatic conditions. In this article, we investigate farmers' vulnerability to climate-related stressors and crop price volatility in rural Navarre, Spain. Specifically, we analyse the extent to which livelihood differences and vulnerability can be partly explained by the development of a large-scale irrigation project promoted by the Spanish and regional governments. Grounded on qualitative and quantitative data gathered across 22 villages, we demonstrate that small-scale diversified farmers appear the most vulnerable and least able to adapt to climate-related stressors and crop price volatility. In contrast, more market-driven, large-scale intensive farmers, who participate in the irrigation project, are the least vulnerable to these stressors. We argue that the irrigation project has increased the short-term adaptive capacity of irrigation adopters while establishing the institutional conditions for the displacement of small-scale farming. Therefore, we suggest that farmers' vulnerability in Navarre can be explained by maladaptive irrigation policies designed to favour large-scale and market-driven agriculture. |
Ayudas: | European Commission 264465 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad MDM-2017-0714 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad MDM-2015-0552 |
Nota: | Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu MdM-2015-0552 |
Derechos: | Tots els drets reservats. |
Lengua: | Anglès |
Documento: | Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar |
Materia: | Social vulnerability ; Large-scale irrigation ; Global change ; Sensitivity ; Adaptive capacity ; Exposure |
Publicado en: | Regional environmental change, Vol. 19, issue 4 (April 2019) , p. 1147-1158, ISSN 1436-378X |
Postprint 17 p, 1.1 MB |
Material adicional 43 p, 286.4 KB |