Extreme vulnerability of smallholder farmers to agricultural risks and climate change in Madagascar

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1639, 2014, Pages

  Harvey, Celia A ^a   Rakotobe, Zo Lalaina ^b   Rao, Nalini S ^a,e   Dave, Radhika ^a,f   Razafimahatratra, Hery ^c   Rabarijohn, Rivo Hasinandrianina ^d   Rajaofara, Haingo ^b   MacKinnon, James L ^b  

^a Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^d IDACC Association   (Madagascar)

^e ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Agriculture; Climate change; Food security; Livelihoods; Madagascar

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EXTREME EVENT; FOOD SECURITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PEST OUTBREAK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALLHOLDER;

MADAGASCAR;

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LIVELIHOODS; MADAGASCAR; METHODOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD SECURITY; LIVELIHOODS; MADAGASCAR;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MADAGASCAR; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84907424740     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0089     Document Type: Article

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