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Climate change can cause negative impacts on agriculture. This paper aims to analyze the changes in the adaptive capacity of livelihood vulnerability to climate change in Ecuador’s Tropical Commodity Crops: Banana and Cocoa. We used the adaptive capacity factor from the livelihood vulnerability index approach, using secondary data from the Survey of Agricultural and Livestock Surface and Production of Ecuador from 2020 to 2022. The results showed that for the banana crops, the livelihood strategy has remained stable, the sociodemographic profile was improving, and the social network got worse in 2021 during the pandemic. Regarding cocoa, the sociodemographic profile has the lowest values of the major components. Lastly, the adaptive capacity was much better in 2022 for both crops, so farmers were becoming more prepared for climate hazards, but they could have better improvement. The policy implications are that agricultural assistance and insurance access should be improved to reduce climate vulnerability.
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The Montubios have cultural characteristics and customs typical of the Ecuadorian coastal peasantry. It is a minority group of the Ecuadorian population.
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The government agricultural kits include subsidized products such as seeds, fertilizers, and agro-inputs.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge comments and suggestions by the anonymous reviewers. The authors thank Nancy Johnson for the thoughtful suggestions on the manuscript versions. Author EPB gratefully acknowledges the Mentoring Program for Women Agricultural Economists in the Global South, which is a collaboration of African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) and the International Association of Agricultural Economics (IAAE) through its International Committee of Women in Agricultural Economics (ICWAE).
This study was part of the research project “Estimation of the impact of extreme weather on the performance of Ecuador’s agro-export sector,” funded by Ecotec University.
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Piedra-Bonilla, E., Echeverría, Y. (2024). Changes in the Adaptive Capacity of Livelihood Vulnerability to Climate Change in Ecuador’s Tropical Commodity Crops: Banana and Cocoa. In: Florez, H., Leon, M. (eds) Applied Informatics. ICAI 2023. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1874. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46813-1_24
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