The Climate-Smart Villages – CSV of Santa Rita as a local innovation platform for scaling ecosystem- based adaptation in Honduras

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.donorComisión de Acción Social Menonitaen
cg.contributor.initiativeClimate Resilience
cg.contributor.initiativeNature-Positive Solutions
cg.coverage.countryGuatemala
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GT
cg.coverage.regionAmericas
cg.coverage.regionCentral America
cg.coverage.regionLatin America and the Caribbean
cg.creator.identifierJesus Salgado: 0000-0002-3680-4364en
cg.creator.identifierAndrea Estefanía Castellanos Quintero: 0000-0002-2701-3632en
cg.creator.identifierDeissy Martínez Barón: 0000-0003-2317-8760en
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatAGRICULTUREen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATIONen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatGOVERNANCEen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatPOLICYen
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate actionen
dc.contributor.authorMartinez Salgado, Jesus Daviden
dc.contributor.authorBorrayo, Andrea Suramaen
dc.contributor.authorCindy, Gómezen
dc.contributor.authorCastellanos, Andreaen
dc.contributor.authorMartinez Baron, Deissyen
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-09T04:48:16Zen
dc.date.available2025-05-09T04:48:16Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/174479
dc.titleThe Climate-Smart Villages – CSV of Santa Rita as a local innovation platform for scaling ecosystem- based adaptation in Hondurasen
dcterms.abstractThe municipality of Santa Rita (Honduras), located in the Central American Dry Corridor region, is characterized by irregular rainfall and high vulnerability to climate variability (FAO, 2019). According to IPCC models (2013), this area is particularly susceptible to the effects of climate change. The recurrence of phenomena such as droughts has led farmers to intensify the use of natural resources to sustain or increase their incomes and ensure their food security (Calvo-Solano et al., 2018). However, this excessive exploitation has triggered a harmful cycle, where inefficiency in managing environmental resources reduces the resilience of agri-food systems (FAO, 2023), affecting farming families’ incomes and limiting their ability to improve their living conditions. based Adaptation Fund (Global EbA Fund). The Climate Smart Villages – CSV in English, according to Aggarwal et al., 2018), established in Santa Rita since 2015, integrates research for development to address specific agro-climatic challenges faced by rural producers. This approach seeks to strengthen communities’ capacity to reduce their climate vulnerability by increasing their knowledge and adopting informed and sustainable measures related to soil conservation and management, water, biodiversity, the use of local agro-climatic information, emission reduction measures, and adaptation plans contextualized to the specific needs of families and communities through a participatory and inclusive process.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMartinez Salgado, J.D.; Borrayo, A.S.; Cindy, G.; Castellanos, A.; Martinez Baron, D. (2025) The Climate-Smart Villages – CSV of Santa Rita as a local innovation platform for scaling ecosystem-based adaptation in Honduras. 9 p.en
dcterms.extent9 p.en
dcterms.issued2025-05en
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dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.subjectadaptación al cambio climáticoen
dcterms.subjectagricultura climáticamente inteligenteen
dcterms.subjectresiliencia al climaen
dcterms.subjectclimate-smart agricultureen
dcterms.subjectmitigación del cambio climáticoen
dcterms.subjectadaptationen
dcterms.subjectmitigationen
dcterms.subjectresilienceen
dcterms.typeBrief

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