Landscape and management influences on smallholder agroforestry yields show shifts during a climate shock
Sustaining yields for smallholder perennial agriculture under a rapidly changing climate regime may require consideration of landscape features and on-farm management decisions in tandem. Optimising landscape and management may not be possible for maximising yields in any one year but maintaining he...
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| author | Morel, AC Demissie, S Gonfa, T Mehrabi, Z Rifai, S Hirons, MA Gole, TW Mason, J McDermott, CL Boyd, E Robinson, EJZ Malhi, Y Norris, K |
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| description | Sustaining yields for smallholder perennial agriculture under a rapidly changing climate regime may require consideration of landscape features and on-farm management decisions in tandem. Optimising landscape and management may not be possible for maximising yields in any one year but maintaining heterogeneous landscapes could be an important climate adaptation strategy. In this study, we observed elevation, forest patch and shade management gradients affecting smallholder coffee (<i>Coffea arabica</i>) yields in a ‘normal’ year versus the 2015/16 El Niño. We generally found a benefit to yields from having leguminous shade trees and low canopy openness, while maintaining diverse shade or varying canopy openness had more complex influences during a climate shock. The two years of observed climate shock were dominated by either drought or high temperatures, with yield responses generally negative. Climate projections for East Africa predict more erratic rainfall and higher temperatures, which will disproportionately impact smallholder farmers. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:ce690a84-0ce0-47fa-a884-cccb5d4e0b342024-03-27T15:25:03ZLandscape and management influences on smallholder agroforestry yields show shifts during a climate shockJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:ce690a84-0ce0-47fa-a884-cccb5d4e0b34EnglishSymplectic ElementsElsevier2024Morel, ACDemissie, SGonfa, TMehrabi, ZRifai, SHirons, MAGole, TWMason, JMcDermott, CLBoyd, ERobinson, EJZMalhi, YNorris, KSustaining yields for smallholder perennial agriculture under a rapidly changing climate regime may require consideration of landscape features and on-farm management decisions in tandem. Optimising landscape and management may not be possible for maximising yields in any one year but maintaining heterogeneous landscapes could be an important climate adaptation strategy. In this study, we observed elevation, forest patch and shade management gradients affecting smallholder coffee (<i>Coffea arabica</i>) yields in a ‘normal’ year versus the 2015/16 El Niño. We generally found a benefit to yields from having leguminous shade trees and low canopy openness, while maintaining diverse shade or varying canopy openness had more complex influences during a climate shock. The two years of observed climate shock were dominated by either drought or high temperatures, with yield responses generally negative. Climate projections for East Africa predict more erratic rainfall and higher temperatures, which will disproportionately impact smallholder farmers. |
| spellingShingle | Morel, AC Demissie, S Gonfa, T Mehrabi, Z Rifai, S Hirons, MA Gole, TW Mason, J McDermott, CL Boyd, E Robinson, EJZ Malhi, Y Norris, K Landscape and management influences on smallholder agroforestry yields show shifts during a climate shock |
| title | Landscape and management influences on smallholder agroforestry yields show shifts during a climate shock |
| title_full | Landscape and management influences on smallholder agroforestry yields show shifts during a climate shock |
| title_fullStr | Landscape and management influences on smallholder agroforestry yields show shifts during a climate shock |
| title_full_unstemmed | Landscape and management influences on smallholder agroforestry yields show shifts during a climate shock |
| title_short | Landscape and management influences on smallholder agroforestry yields show shifts during a climate shock |
| title_sort | landscape and management influences on smallholder agroforestry yields show shifts during a climate shock |
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