The impact of climate change on smallholder and subsistence agriculture

By J. Morton. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2007

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Rural–urban migration, agrarian change, and the environment in Kenya: a critical review of the literature (2013, background): “Similarly, the potential link between rural–urban migration and smallholders’ resilience to climate change is just beginning to attract closer attention from the research community (Morton 2007; Deshingkar 2012).”
Climate-smart agriculture global research agenda: scientific basis for action (2014, background): “change, manifesting as major transitions in livelihoods and landscapes [1-4].”
ANDEAN LAND USE AND BIODIVERSITY: HUMANIZED LANDSCAPES IN A TIME OF CHANGE (2009, background): “Morton (2007) worried that complex subsistence agriculture in general is not sufficiently studied in relation to climate change, and future influences on pasture species and on crops other than the major commercial species have not been research foci (Tubiello et al., 2007; Lobell et al., 2008).”
Weather Index Insurance and Climate Change: Opportunities and Challenges in Lower Income Countries (2009, neutral): “2 Carter et al. (2007); Morton (2007); Stern (2006).”
CAN TEPARY BEAN BE A MODEL FOR IMPROVEMENT OF DROUGHT RESISTANCE IN COMMON BEAN (2013, background): “Some of the most important impacts of global climate change and the associated drought and heat stress will be felt among “subsistence” or “smallholder” farmers in developing countries (Morton, 2007).”
Vulnerability of the South African farming sector to climate change and variability: An indicator approach (2010, background): “Although smallholder farmers’ resilience factors — such as family labour, existing patterns of diversification, including non-farm activities, and possession of a store of indigenous knowledge — should not be underestimated, their socioeconomic characteristics — such as small farm sizes, low capital”
Factors Affecting Farmers' Adaptation Strategies to Environmental Degradation and Climate Change Effects: A Farm Level Study in Bangladesh (2014, background): “Practicing soil and water conservation techniques [12], fertilizer use, irrigation [9,13] and diversification to non-farm activities [7,14] are also adaptation strategies that have been practiced at farm level in response to climate change.”
Application of Livelihood Vulnerability Index in Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Change and Variability in Northern Ghana (2013, background): “Morton (2004) notes that some of the most important impacts of climate change in developing countries will be felt by the category of people, mostly referred to as smallholder farmers.”
Measuring telecouplings in the global land system: A review and comparative evaluation of land footprint accounting methods (2015, neutral): “In some countries subsistence agriculture and forestry cover large parts of the provision of food and wood (Kostov and Lingard, 2004; Morton, 2007).”
Compound natural and human disasters: Managing drought and COVID-19 to sustain global agriculture and food sectors (2020, background): “Droughts can have devastating effects on poor developing countries (Morton, 2007).”