Perspectivas sociales del cambio climático y prácticas agrícolas en la comunidad Ñamarín-Saraguro

Abstract

Abstract: Farming communities are considered vulnerable to the impacts of climate change because they have less capacity to adapt and depend directly on natural resources to meet their basic needs; therefore this research sought information on the social perspectives of farmers about climate change and its effects on agricultural practices Ñamarín community Canton Saraguro. This research is non-experimental type, then a semi-structured interview was applied to twenty farmers, it was analyzed using identification codes. The results show that there are changes and new adaptive techniques that farmers perceive and experience in their farming. However, climate change may not be directly related to this, as there are social, cultural, political and economic factors that influence the daily activities of farmers. Therefore in some cases have chosen to improve their production by changing traditional species in both animals and seeds for greater benefit, and have also due to climatic variations coupled to grow their traditional crops.