AGROECOLOGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE SEMIARID TROPICS
Guillermo Gamarra-Rojas,
Nicolas Fabre
Affiliations
Guillermo Gamarra-Rojas
Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Nicolas Fabre
Analista de Desenvolvimento Rural, Recursos Hídricos e Meio Ambiente da Associação dos Municípios do Estado do Ceará – APRECE, Rua Maria Tomásia, 230, Aldeota, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil, CEP: 60.150-170, Telefone Trabalho: (85) 4006.4021; Celular: (85) 99917.1015.
This article makes a theoretical and, to a certain extent, propositional reflection on the conceptions, assumptions and evidences of climate change in the tropics, with emphasis on the Brazilian semiarid region. The contributions of agriculture to climate change are presented and the impacts of climate change on family agriculture in the semiarid region are analyzed. Evidence of mitigation and adaptation in agroecological systems of the semiarid region is presented and an outline of an agenda of the sector based on the commitments assumed by the country and the needs of mitigation and adaptation is provided.
