Adaptation for Smallholders to Climate Change |
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Climate Change in Mexico
Main impacts of climate change:Mexico is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change in Latin America. Forecasts predict temperatures to increase between 2-4 °C up to 2050, particularly in the Northern and more continental part of the country. Precipitation is predicted to decrease between 5% and 15%, depending on the region. Water resources will become scarce. Cafédirect's producer groups are located in Chiapas and Veracruz, the states with the highest forest biodiversity and biological productivity. Currently deforestation and forest fires pose a serious threat to these ecosystems, placing the country in the first ranks of deforestation indexes. Agricultural production is highly affected by El Niño, the main indicator for climate change tendencies in the area. El Niño years display exceeding winter precipitation (floods, soil erosions etc) and marked summer droughts.
Source of information: The Coffee ProductionCoffee producers feel most severely affected by the deteriorating quality and availability of water. On the other hand they have experienced sudden very aggressive rains which cause mudslides in the higher regions and floods in the lower regions. Possible adaptation measures identified in a first survey with producers of Mas Café (Chiapas) and Huatusco (Veracruz) include measures of reforestation, living barriers, treatment and management of the important resource water and measures of awareness raising for environmental issues. In the framework of AdapCC producers receive support in establishing alliances with other organisations that lend long term technical or financial support in confronting climate risks. The pilot group that AdapCC implements risk and opportunity assessments with is yet to be decided. |