Resiliencia climática y seguridad alimentaria

The report introduces a framework for assessing climate resilience in food systems, moving from the household level up to national policy. It presents two analytical tools: 'Roulette 1' for food security analysis and 'Roulette 2' for resilience analysis. The framework emphasizes that resilience is an emergent property of system interactions and suggests specific indicators for food utilization, access, availability, and supporting infrastructure. The tools are designed to be applied through participatory processes, such as the CRiSTAL-SAN tool, to help policymakers and local practitioners identify vulnerabilities and develop long-term adaptation strategies in Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

• The document argues that most food security studies focus on the direct effects of climate variability on food production, neglecting other critical dimensions such as access, utilization, and stability.
• The proposed conceptual framework uses a series of concentric rings to analyze food systems, placing the household at the center as the primary site where food insecurity manifests as hunger and malnutrition.
• The 'Roulette 1' tool is designed for food security analysis, focusing on five levels: food utilization in a household, food access, food availability, supporting resources and services, and supporting organizations and policies.
• The 'Roulette 2' tool shifts the analysis to climate resilience, using questions and criteria related to systems (flexibility, redundancy), agents (response capacity, ingenuity), and institutions (rights, decision-making) to identify vulnerabilities.
• Resilience in food utilization is determined by factors such as nutritional diversity throughout the year, equitable access to food within the household, and the health status of individuals.
• Food access resilience is characterized by a balance between home production and non-agricultural income, as well as the existence of diverse formal and informal support systems.
• Food availability resilience depends on a combination of regional production and imports, sufficient storage capacity to buffer price and supply fluctuations, and mechanisms to prevent hoarding.
• The resilience of supporting resources and services is assessed by the state of environmental resources (land and water), the spatial distribution of infrastructure to avoid total failure from a single event, and the presence of redundant or substitutable components.
• The resilience of supporting organizations and policies is measured by their capacity to restore functionality after a shock, the transparency and inclusivity of their decision-making, and their ability to learn from past failures.
• The project applies this framework specifically to evaluate food system vulnerabilities in Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, utilizing participatory processes and the CRiSTAL-SAN tool.

APA

Tyler, S., Keller, M., Swanson, D., Bizikova, L., Hammill, A., Zamudio, A. N., Moench, M., Dixit, A., Flores, R. G., Heer, C., González, D., Sosa, A. R., Gough, A. M., Solórzano, J. L., Wilson, C., Hernandez, X., & Bushey, S. (2013). Resiliencia climática y seguridad alimentaria. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/adaptation_CREFSCA_es.pdf

Chicago

Tyler, Stephen, Marius Keller, Darren Swanson, Livia Bizikova, Anne Hammill, Alicia Natalia Zamudio, Marcus Moench, et al. Resiliencia climática y seguridad alimentaria. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2013. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/adaptation_CREFSCA_es.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{tyler2013resiliencia, author = {Tyler, Stephen and Keller, Marius and Swanson, Darren and Bizikova, Livia and Hammill, Anne and Zamudio, Alicia Natalia and Moench, Marcus and Dixit, Ajaya and Flores, Ramón Guevara and Heer, Carlos and González, Daysi and Sosa, Andrea Rivera and Gough, Angie Murillo and Solórzano, José Luis and Wilson, Ceferino and Hernandez, Xochilt and Bushey, Steve}, title = {{Resiliencia climática y seguridad alimentaria}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2013}, month = jun, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/adaptation_CREFSCA_es.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }