This study investigates the impact of climate change adaptation on farm households’ downside risk exposure (e.g., risk … adaptation reduces downside risk exposure, i.e., farm households that implemented climate change adaptation strategies get … terms of reduction in downside risk exposure from adaptation; and (iii) there are significant differences in downside risk …

-environmental programs, which calls for more targeted measures to increase efficiency and adaptation potential. …

This study investigates the impact of climate change adaptation on farm households’ downside risk exposure in the Nile … characteristics of farmers and their farm. We find that (i) past adaptation to climate change adaptation reduces current downside risk … exposure, and so the risk of crop failure; (ii) climate change adaptation would have been more beneficial to the non …

disturbances. Farms are able to survive only if they respond appropriately to disturbances. This resilience of farms is explained …

The main goal of this paper is to develop a methodology to quantitatively assess resilience to food insecurity. The … developed methodology is applied to Nicaraguan rural households hit by Mitch Hurricane in 1999. The proposed resilience index … that the proposed resilience index is a significant determinant of households’ food security and this result is robust …

have contributed to the observed resilience of small scale family farms. We use data from Northern Ireland and employ farm …

serious problems to rural management and largely affect future perspectives of rural areas. Rural resilience refers to the … maintained, while coping with its inherent ecological, economic and social vulnerability. Rural resilience describes how rural …, by exploring in detail what the importance is of resilience theory within rural areas. An answer is tried to be given to …

been at the heart of recent discussions on adaptation strategies in the agricultural sector. While there are a variety of …-making if ensuring food security is an explicit objective. Also, it will be important to establish, which options for adaptation …