A scoping review of adoption of climate-resilient crops by small-scale producers in low- and middle-income countries

dc.creatorAcevedo, M.
dc.creatorPixley, K.
dc.creatorZinyengere, N.
dc.creatorMeng, S.
dc.creatorTufan, H.A.
dc.creatorCichy, K.
dc.creatorBizikova, L.
dc.creatorIsaacs, K.
dc.creatorGhezzi-Kopel, K.
dc.creatorPorciello, J.
dc.date2020-10-22T20:00:27Z
dc.date2020-10-22T20:00:27Z
dc.date2020
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-17T20:06:20Z
dc.date.available2023-07-17T20:06:20Z
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10883/20995
dc.identifier10.1038/s41477-020-00783-z
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7512781
dc.descriptionClimate-resilient crops and crop varieties have been recommended as a way for farmers to cope with or adapt to climate change, but despite the apparent benefits, rates of adoption by smallholder farmers are highly variable. Here we present a scoping review, using PRISMA-P (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review and Meta-Analysis Protocols), examining the conditions that have led to the adoption of climate-resilient crops over the past 30 years in lower- and middle-income countries. The descriptive analysis performed on 202 papers shows that small-scale producers adopted climate-resilient crops and varieties to cope with abiotic stresses such as drought, heat, flooding and salinity. The most prevalent trait in our dataset was drought tolerance, followed by water-use efficiency. Our analysis found that the most important determinants of adoption of climate-resilient crops were the availability and effectiveness of extension services and outreach, followed by education levels of heads of households, farmers’ access to inputs—especially seeds and fertilizers—and socio-economic status of farming families. About 53% of studies reported that social differences such as sex, age, marital status and ethnicity affected the adoption of varieties or crops as climate change-adaptation strategies. On the basis of the collected evidence, this study presents a series of pathways and interventions that could contribute to higher adoption rates of climate-resilient crops and reduce dis-adoption.
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherSpringer Nature
dc.relationhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-020-00783-z#Sec17
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dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.source10
dc.source6
dc.sourceNature Plants
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectCROPS
dc.subjectRESILIENCE
dc.subjectINNOVATION ADOPTION
dc.subjectPLANT BREEDING
dc.subjectSMALL SCALE FARMING
dc.titleA scoping review of adoption of climate-resilient crops by small-scale producers in low- and middle-income countries
dc.typeArticle
dc.typePublished Version
dc.coverageLondon (United Kingdom)


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