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 economic and climatic variability on coffee farmers in Mesoamerica. It finds that while climate change can push crops out of their optimal range, producers often perceive market volatility as a greater threat. Adaptation strategies include crop diversification and migration, while systemic improvements require better access to information, credit, insurance, and local organization. The text also warns that deforestation for alternative crops increases erosion and reduces carbon sinks, and notes that slow-onset processes like climate change are often neglected in political agendas compared to medium-term drivers.

• Coffee producers in Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Costa Rica have faced unusually extreme weather events, high incidences of pests and diseases, and price volatility since 1997.
• Even minor climate changes can push coffee crops outside their optimal ecological and economic range, especially in marginal areas with excessively dry or flooded soils. However, producers generally view market threats as more significant than climate variability.
• To mitigate negative climate events, producers employ strategies such as planting alternative crops and diversifying income sources; in Honduras, one quarter of producers migrate, which often leads to difficult social and legal consequences.
• 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 capacity to maintain local group organizations such as cooperatives.
• Deforestation of shade trees to prepare land for other crops increases risks of soil degradation, erosion, and biodiversity loss, while also reducing carbon sinks.
• Political agendas tend to prioritize medium-term drivers, such as new pests or market opportunities, while slow-onset processes like climate change and declining soil fertility are often ignored despite their long-term impacts.

APA

Castellanos, E., Porras, R. D., Jiménez, G., Anzueto, F., de Urioste-Stone, S., Tucker, C., Cruz, G., Eakin, H., Morales, H., & Barrera, J. 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/es/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

Castellanos, Edwin, Rafael Díaz Porras, Gerardo Jiménez, Francisco Anzueto, Sandra de Urioste-Stone, Catherine Tucker, Gustavo Cruz, et al. 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/es/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{castellanos2024estrategias, author = {Castellanos, Edwin and Porras, Rafael Díaz and Jiménez, Gerardo and Anzueto, Francisco and de Urioste-Stone, Sandra and Tucker, Catherine and Cruz, Gustavo and Eakin, Hallie and Morales, Helda and Barrera, 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/es/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} }