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Landraces as an adaptation strategy to climate change for smallholders in Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil
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posted on 2023-05-17, 18:07 authored by Vasconcelos, ACF, Bonatti, M, Schlindwein, SL, D'Agostini, LR, Homem, LR, Nelson, RAdapting to climate change has become a pressing and urgent issue given the alarming rapidity with which climate changes is taking place. Agriculture is strongly conditioned by climatic factors, but subsistence agriculture is particularly vulnerable because smallholders do not have adequate financial resources to adapt to climate change. Agrobiodiversity provides one option for smallholders to adapt to climate change. Landraces developed in the western region of Santa Catarina State, Brazil, are part of a deliberate strategy by smallholders to achieve a state of food sovereignty and independence from commercial sources of hybrid seed. The ability of smallholders to collectively conserve climate-adapted landraces indicates the depth of local knowledge and capability within local communities that can be drawn on to meet the future challenges of climate change.
History
Publication title
Land Use PolicyVolume
34Pagination
250-254ISSN
0264-8377Department/School
Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA)Publisher
PergamonPlace of publication
The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, England, Oxon, Ox5 1GbRights statement
Copyright 2013 Elsevier Ltd.Repository Status
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