Adapting agriculture with traditional knowledge

IIED Briefing
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17111IIED.pdf
Language:
English
Published: October 2011
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IIED Briefing Papers
Product code:17111IIED

Over the coming decades, climate change is likely to pose a major challenge to agriculture; temperatures are rising, rainfall is becoming more variable and extreme weather is becoming a more common event. Researchers and policymakers agree that adapting agriculture to these impacts is a priority for ensuring future food security. Strategies to achieve that in practice tend to focus on modern science. But evidence, both old and new, suggests that the traditional knowledge and crop varieties of indigenous peoples and local communities could prove even more important in adapting agriculture to climate change.

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Swiderska, K., Song, Y., Li, J., Reid, H. and Mutta, D. (2011). Adapting agriculture with traditional knowledge. .
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