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Enhance indigenous agricultural systems to reduce migration

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  • Keith L. Kline

    (Environmental Sciences Division)

  • Luis F. Ramirez

    (Buena Milpa Project, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT))

  • Carlos Sum

    (Buena Milpa Project, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT))

  • Santiago Lopez-Ridaura

    (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), El Batan)

  • Virginia H. Dale

    (Environmental Sciences Division
    University of Tennessee
    Three3 Inc.)

Abstract

Changes in social and environmental conditions in the Western Highlands of Guatemala undermine food security and job opportunities. We describe how targeted assistance can build upon traditional agricultural systems to increase adaptive capacity, improve nutrition, provide jobs and thereby reduce pressures to migrate.

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  • Keith L. Kline & Luis F. Ramirez & Carlos Sum & Santiago Lopez-Ridaura & Virginia H. Dale, 2020. "Enhance indigenous agricultural systems to reduce migration," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 3(2), pages 74-76, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natsus:v:3:y:2020:i:2:d:10.1038_s41893-020-0473-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41893-020-0473-1
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    1. Nathan Einbinder & Helda Morales & Mateo Mier y Terán Giménez Cacho & Bruce G. Ferguson & Miriam Aldasoro & Ronald Nigh, 2022. "Agroecology from the ground up: a critical analysis of sustainable soil management in the highlands of Guatemala," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 39(3), pages 979-996, September.

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