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Dr. Kristin Drexler
American Public University System

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Journal article
Published: 10 March 2021 in Sustainability
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There are disproportionate adverse impacts related to climate change on rural subsistence farmers in southern Belize, Central America who depend directly on natural resources for their food and livelihood security. Promoting a more resilient farming system with key climate-smart agriculture (CSA) adaptations can improve productivity, sustainability, and food security for Mayan milpa farming communities. Once a sustainable system, the milpa has become less reliable in the last half century due to hydroclimatic changes (i.e., droughts, flooding, hurricanes), forest loss, soil degradation, and other factors. Using interviews with both milpa farmers and Extension officers in southern Belize. This qualitative study finds several socio-ecological system linkages of environmental, economic, socio-cultural, and adaptive technology factors, which influence the capacity for increasing CSA practices. Agriculture Extension, a government service of Belize, can facilitate effective CSA adaptations, specifically, an increase in mulching, soil nutrient enrichment, and soil cover, while working as partners within Maya farming traditions. These CSA practices can facilitate more equitable increases in crop production, milpa farm system sustainability, and resilience to climate change. However, there are several institutional and operational barriers in Extension which challenge their efficacy. Recommendations are presented in this study to reduce Extension barriers and promote an increase in CSA practices to positively influence food and livelihood security for milpa communities in southern Belize.

ACS Style

Kristin Drexler. Climate-Smart Adaptations and Government Extension Partnerships for Sustainable Milpa Farming Systems in Mayan Communities of Southern Belize. Sustainability 2021, 13, 3040 .

AMA Style

Kristin Drexler. Climate-Smart Adaptations and Government Extension Partnerships for Sustainable Milpa Farming Systems in Mayan Communities of Southern Belize. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (6):3040.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Kristin Drexler. 2021. "Climate-Smart Adaptations and Government Extension Partnerships for Sustainable Milpa Farming Systems in Mayan Communities of Southern Belize." Sustainability 13, no. 6: 3040.

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Published: 16 March 2020 in Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
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Kristin Drexler. Government Extension, Agroecology, and Sustainable Food Systems in Belize Milpa Communities: A Socio-Ecological Systems Approach. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 2020, 9, 1 -13.

AMA Style

Kristin Drexler. Government Extension, Agroecology, and Sustainable Food Systems in Belize Milpa Communities: A Socio-Ecological Systems Approach. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. 2020; 9 (3):1-13.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Kristin Drexler. 2020. "Government Extension, Agroecology, and Sustainable Food Systems in Belize Milpa Communities: A Socio-Ecological Systems Approach." Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 9, no. 3: 1-13.