气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Good data are not enough: Understanding limited information use for climate risk and food security management in Guatemala

CCPortal

DOI	10.1016/j.crm.2020.100248
	Good data are not enough: Understanding limited information use for climate risk and food security management in Guatemala
	Müller A.; Bouroncle C.; Gaytán A.; Girón E.; Granados A.; Mora V.; Portillo F.; van Etten J.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	2212-0963
起始页码	3337
结束页码	3352
卷号	30
英文摘要	Climate extremes are one of the main drivers of acute food insecurity. In Guatemala, acute food insecurity reaches alarming levels when the usual dry period during the bimodal rainy seasons is extended or starts earlier than expected. Drought has a slow-onset which theoretically leaves sufficient lead-time for addressing impacts on food security. In practice, emergency response to drought is often reactive and arrives late, starting when the crisis is already evolving. Climate services and food security information systems are key ingredients for integrated climate risk and food security management worldwide. In Guatemala, stakeholders broadly agree on the usefulness of this type of information for decision-making and direct significant efforts towards improving information availability and quality. But the impact of agro-climatic and food security information on decisions is ad hoc or not systematic. Through a mix of qualitative, ethnographic, and participatory methods, we investigated why this situation occurs. We found that different aspects lead to this phenomenon: the impact of drought on food security is mediated by different socio-economic, political, and institutional factors that tend to differ strongly between regions or even communities across the country. This puts special requirements on information provision for decision-making. Information use patterns can be explained by technical, data-related aspects as reliability, timeliness, or accessibility. But only by considering the institutional and organizational context we get a complete understanding on what frames the information-use patterns in climate and food security management in Guatemala. Our research shows that investments in technical aspects of data provision and infrastructure for increased climate and food security management need to address institutional and organizational challenges in order to be effective. © 2020
英文关键词	Climate risk management; Drought; Food security; Institutional analysis; Seasonal hunger
来源期刊	Climate Risk Management
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/183167
作者单位	The Alliance Bioversity-CIAT, Costa Rica Country Office c/o Campus CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica; Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain; Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Turrialba, Costa Rica; Acción contra el Hambre, Guatemala City, Guatemala; Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica; Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, Siquirres, Costa Rica
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Müller A.,Bouroncle C.,Gaytán A.,et al. Good data are not enough: Understanding limited information use for climate risk and food security management in Guatemala[J],2020,30.
APA	Müller A..,Bouroncle C..,Gaytán A..,Girón E..,Granados A..,...&van Etten J..(2020).Good data are not enough: Understanding limited information use for climate risk and food security management in Guatemala.Climate Risk Management,30.
MLA	Müller A.,et al."Good data are not enough: Understanding limited information use for climate risk and food security management in Guatemala".Climate Risk Management 30(2020).