An integrated framework for assessing vulnerability to climate change and developing adaptation strategies for coffee growing families in mesoamerica

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Baca, María ^a   Läderach, Peter ^a   Haggar, Jeremy ^b   Schroth, Götz ^c   Ovalle, Oriana ^d  

^a International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)   (Nicaragua)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c RAINFOREST ALLIANCE   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EL SALVADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; MESOAMERICA; MEXICO; NICARAGUA; NONHUMAN; PLANT YIELD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; UNITED STATES; CENTRAL AMERICA; CROP; FAMILY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

COFFEE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COFFEE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FAMILY; HUMANS;

EID: 84896275057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088463     Document Type: Article

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