Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
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Community, Climate
Change, and Sustainable
Intensification
Why Gender Is Important
Cornelia B. Flora
CONTENTS
13.1 Introduction ................................................................................................. 309
13.2 Community Capitals and Climate Change ................................................. 311
13.2.1 Natural Capital ................................................................................ 312
13.2.2 Cultural Capital ............................................................................... 314
13.2.3 Human Capital ................................................................................ 314
13.2.4 Social Capital .................................................................................. 315
13.2.5 Political Capital ............................................................................... 315
13.2.6 Financial Capital ............................................................................. 316
13.2.7 Built Capital .................................................................................... 316
13.3 Adaptation and Coping ............................................................................... 317
13.3.1 Coping ............................................................................................. 317
13.3.2 Adaptation ....................................................................................... 317
13.3.2.1 Types of Adaptation .......................................................... 319
13.4 Mobility ...................................................................................................... 319
13.5 Storage ........................................................................................................ 320
13.6 Diversification ............................................................................................. 320
13.7 Communal Pooling ..................................................................................... 320
13.8 Market Exchange ........................................................................................ 320
13.9 Mobilization ................................................................................................ 321
13.10 Conclusions ................................................................................................. 321
References .............................................................................................................. 322
13.1 INTRODUCTION
Adaptation to climate change is greatly enhanced when it occurs across a landscape.
Agricultural and herding communities are important loci of adaptation. Women's
knowledge and practices can help in determining new community livelihood strate-
gies. Community adaptation is hindered when land grabs limit access to land for
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