Estrategias efectivas de adaptación y reducción de riesgos por fluctuaciones de precios y cambios climáticos: lecciones de la crisis del café en Mesoamérica

The document examines the impacts of climate variability and economic fluctuations on coffee farmers in Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Costa Rica. It identifies that while climate change can push crops out of optimum ranges, farmers often perceive market volatility as a more immediate threat. Adaptation strategies include crop diversification, income diversification, and migration. The research emphasizes that effective adaptation requires better access to information, insurance, credit, and the capacity to organize into cooperatives. It also warns that removing shade trees for other crops increases risks of erosion and biodiversity loss. Finally, it argues that policy prescriptions must be tailored to local contexts, as slow-onset processes like climate change are often overlooked in favor of medium-term drivers.

• Coffee farmers in the studied region have faced extreme weather, high pest and disease incidence, and volatile prices since 1997. While minor climate changes can push coffee crops outside their optimum ecological and economic range, farmers generally view market fluctuations as a more significant threat than climate variability.
• Farmers employ several strategies to mitigate negative climate events, including growing alternative crops and diversifying income sources. In Honduras, approximately 25% of farmers migrate, which can result in complex social and legal issues.
• Adaptation to global change is facilitated by three primary factors: improved access to market and climate information, better access to credit and insurance, and an increased ability to organize and sustain local groups such as cooperatives.
• The practice of cutting coffee shade trees to make room for other crops increases the risk of soil degradation, erosion, and biodiversity loss, while also negatively impacting the carbon balance by reducing carbon sinks.
• Policy responses tend to focus on medium-term drivers, such as new market opportunities or pests, while slow-onset processes like climate change and declining soil fertility are often omitted from policy agendas. Consequently, policies must be adapted to local contexts and perceptions rather than following a single prescription.

APA

Barrera'], [. C. '. D. P. '. J. '. A. '. D. U.-S. '. T. '. C. '. E. '. M. '. F. (2024). Estrategias efectivas de adaptación y reducción de riesgos por fluctuaciones de precios y cambios climáticos: lecciones de la crisis del café en Mesoamérica. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. https://iai.int/en/estrategias-efectivas-de-adaptacion-y-reduccion-de-riesgos-por-fluctuaciones-de-precios-y-cambios-climaticos-lecciones-de-la-crisis-del-cafe-en-mesoamerica-crn-2060/

Chicago

Barrera'], ['Edwin Castellanos', 'Rafael Díaz Porras', 'Gerardo Jiménez', 'Francisco Anzueto', 'Sandra de Urioste-Stone', 'Catherine Tucker', 'Gustavo Cruz', 'Hallie Eakin', 'Helda Morales', 'Juan Francisco. Estrategias efectivas de adaptación y reducción de riesgos por fluctuaciones de precios y cambios climáticos: lecciones de la crisis del café en Mesoamérica. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, 2024. https://iai.int/en/estrategias-efectivas-de-adaptacion-y-reduccion-de-riesgos-por-fluctuaciones-de-precios-y-cambios-climaticos-lecciones-de-la-crisis-del-cafe-en-mesoamerica-crn-2060/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{barrera2024estrategias, author = {Barrera'], ['Edwin Castellanos', 'Rafael Díaz Porras', 'Gerardo Jiménez', 'Francisco Anzueto', 'Sandra de Urioste-Stone', 'Catherine Tucker', 'Gustavo Cruz', 'Hallie Eakin', 'Helda Morales', 'Juan Francisco}, title = {{Estrategias efectivas de adaptación y reducción de riesgos por fluctuaciones de precios y cambios climáticos: lecciones de la crisis del café en Mesoamérica}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2024}, month = sep, url = {https://iai.int/en/estrategias-efectivas-de-adaptacion-y-reduccion-de-riesgos-por-fluctuaciones-de-precios-y-cambios-climaticos-lecciones-de-la-crisis-del-cafe-en-mesoamerica-crn-2060/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }