Anticipatory capacity in response to global change across an extreme elevation gradient in the Ica Basin, Peru

The research assesses farmers' ability to anticipate hydroclimatic and production changes in the Ica Basin, Peru. It finds a significant disparity in information access, where coastal agro-export farmers have reliable data while smallholders and upstream producers lack access to modern forecasts and market conditions. This gap is attributed to poorly maintained infrastructure and unreliable telecommunications across extreme elevation gradients, alongside the erosion of traditional knowledge networks.

• There is a significant disparity in access to critical information across the Ica Basin's elevation gradient; while coastal lowland agro-export sector farmers have reliable advance information on climate and markets, smallholders in the lowlands and upstream producers have very little access to modern weather forecasts or market conditions.
• Infrastructure and environmental challenges hinder information delivery, as extreme elevation gradients affect the cost and reliability of telecommunications, and physical access issues lead to the poor maintenance of meteorological and hydrologic stations.
• Traditional knowledge and informal social networks are no longer sufficient for farmers to navigate rapidly shifting social, political, and environmental conditions.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2025). Anticipatory capacity in response to global change across an extreme elevation gradient in the Ica Basin, Peru. https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/anticipatory-capacity-in-response-to-global-change-across-an-extreme-elevation-gradient-in-the-ica-basin-peru/

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Anticipatory capacity in response to global change across an extreme elevation gradient in the Ica Basin, Peru. 2025. https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/anticipatory-capacity-in-response-to-global-change-across-an-extreme-elevation-gradient-in-the-ica-basin-peru/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2025anticipatory, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Anticipatory capacity in response to global change across an extreme elevation gradient in the Ica Basin, Peru}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2025}, month = jan, url = {https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/anticipatory-capacity-in-response-to-global-change-across-an-extreme-elevation-gradient-in-the-ica-basin-peru/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }