Vulnerabilidad climática de los sistemas de producción cafetalera en la zona de Cocoyagua en el departamento de Copán, Honduras, 2014-2015
Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: The research assesses the vulnerability to climate hazards and perturbations of the coffee production systems in a protected area named Cocoyagua, at the department of Copan, Honduras, during the crop season of 2014-2015, depending on the determination of its sensitivity, exposure and adaptive capacity, identifying adaptation strategies and the feasibility of application in the production systems. The research design strategy is non-experimental, using surveying techniques and instruments for the collection of data. The units of analysis are constituted by the coffee farmers´ families and their coffee farms. Due to the relatively small size of the study population, the sample number resulted close to the total population, therefore, was not calculated.The research adopted a conceptual framework based on the IPCC assessments (2007), in which vulnerability “is a function of the character, magnitude and rate of climate change and variation to which a system is exposed, its sensitivity and its low adaptive capacity”. High exposure and sensitivity, and low adaptive capacity to climate hazards and perturbations indexes were found. Social resources show the most precarious adaptation conditions, adding to their situation, their influence over the other natural, physical, financial and human resources in the zone. In general, estimations indicate a high vulnerability of the coffee production systems in the zone to climate change effects.
Source: Revista Ciencia y Tecnología
Author: Juan Manuel López Guevara
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Agronomy and Crop Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDGs: Climate action, Zero hunger
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2556850424