Exploring coffee farmers' awareness about climate change and water needs: Smallholders' perceptions of adaptive capacity

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 53-66

  Quiroga, Sonia ^a   Suárez, Cristina ^a   Solís, Juan Diego ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coffee farmers' adaptive capacity; Crop production risk; Nicaragua; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COFFEE; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84949127817     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.09.007     Document Type: Article

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