Investigación interdisciplinaria para mejorar la provisión de información para la toma de decisiones

This executive summary describes an interdisciplinary project aimed at improving the provision of climate and agricultural information for public decision-makers in Guatemala to better respond to droughts. The project focuses on understanding decision-making processes, evaluating institutional responses through emergency simulations, and developing a platform to empower officials with adapted climate and food security evidence.

• The Guatemalan government prioritizes the distribution of seeds, fertilizers, and food to small producers to ensure food security, using data from the 'Hambre Cero' (Zero Hunger) Program to identify municipalities and departments most likely to suffer from drought impacts and allocate ministry funds.
• An evaluation of institutional drought response using emergency simulation methodology revealed several systemic weaknesses: limited time for data collection, insufficient field personnel to obtain representative information, and a lack of standardized surveys, sampling techniques, and damage definition criteria among extension agents.
• Small producers currently lack access to and the skills to use agroclimatic information; furthermore, they do not utilize existing climate information due to a lack of trust in it.

APA

van Etten, J., Bonifaz, E. P., Correa, S. A., & Mora, V. (2024). Investigación interdisciplinaria para mejorar la provisión de información para la toma de decisiones. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. https://iai.int/es/investigacion-interdisciplinaria-para-mejorar-la-provision-de-informacion-para-la-toma-de-decisiones-crn-3107/

Chicago

van Etten, Jacob, Eduardo Prudencio Bonifaz, Sara Aristizabal Correa, and Vesalio Mora. Investigación interdisciplinaria para mejorar la provisión de información para la toma de decisiones. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, 2024. https://iai.int/es/investigacion-interdisciplinaria-para-mejorar-la-provision-de-informacion-para-la-toma-de-decisiones-crn-3107/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{vanetten2024investigacin, author = {van Etten, Jacob and Bonifaz, Eduardo Prudencio and Correa, Sara Aristizabal and Mora, Vesalio}, title = {{Investigación interdisciplinaria para mejorar la provisión de información para la toma de decisiones}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2024}, month = sep, url = {https://iai.int/es/investigacion-interdisciplinaria-para-mejorar-la-provision-de-informacion-para-la-toma-de-decisiones-crn-3107/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }