Perceptions of risk and adaptation: Coffee producers, market shocks, and extreme weather in Central America and Mexico

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-32

  Tucker, Catherine M ^a   Eakin, Hallie ^b   Castellanos, Edwin J ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Central America; Coffee; Extreme weather; Market shocks; Mexico; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COFFEE; DECISION MAKING; EXTREME EVENT; FARMERS ATTITUDE; MARKET SYSTEM; RISK PERCEPTION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 72949106038     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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