A multi-level framework for adaptation to drought within temperate agriculture

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dc.contributor.authorHolman, Ian P.
dc.contributor.authorHess, Tim
dc.contributor.authorRey Vicario, Dolores
dc.contributor.authorKnox, Jerry W.
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-30T14:43:30Z
dc.date.available2021-03-30T14:43:30Z
dc.date.issued2021-01-20
dc.description.abstractDroughts affect a range of economically important sectors but their impacts are usually most evident within agriculture. Agricultural impacts are not confined to arid and semi-arid regions, but are increasingly experienced in more temperate and humid regions. A transferable drought management framework is needed to transition from coping to adapting to drought through supporting improved planning and policy decision-making through the supply chain from primary producers to consumers. A combination methodology using a Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) approach, an analysis of weekly agricultural trade publications and semi-structured interviews were used to explore drought impacts and responses, using the 2018 UK drought as a case study. Whilst most reported responses were on-farm, a diverse range of measures were implemented across institutional scales and through the supply chain, reflecting complex interactions within the food system. However, drought responses were dominated by reactive and crisis-driven actions to cope with, or enhance the recovery from, drought; but which contributed little to increased resilience to future droughts. Our transferable drought management framework shows how improved collaboration and multi-sector engagement across spatial, governance and supply-chain scales to develop human and social capital can enable the transition from coping (short-term and reactive) to adapting (long-term and anticipatory) strategies to increase agricultural resilience to future droughtsen_UK
dc.identifier.citationHolman IP, Hess T, Rey Vicario D, Knox JW. (2021) A multi-level framework for adaptation to drought within temperate agriculture. Frontiers in Environmental Science, Volume 8, 2021, Article number 589871en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2296-665X
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2020.589871
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/16522
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherFrontiersen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectdroughten_UK
dc.subjectresilienceen_UK
dc.subjectLivestocken_UK
dc.subjectirrigationen_UK
dc.subjectCroppingen_UK
dc.titleA multi-level framework for adaptation to drought within temperate agricultureen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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