Gwatirisa Pauline Rutendo, Pamphilon Barbara, Mikhailovich Katja
a Faculty of Education, Science, Technology, and Mathematics, Australian Institute for Sustainable Communities , University of Canberra , Canberra , Australia.
Ecol Food Nutr. 2017 Sep-Oct;56(5):393-410. doi: 10.1080/03670244.2017.1352504. Epub 2017 Aug 9.
The short- and long-term effects of climate change on Papua New Guinea's agricultural sector have generated significant debate in recent times. Current literature demonstrates that different population groups have differing levels of vulnerability and resilience to the flow-on effects of climate change, particularly drought. Yet different schools of thought on the country's food security and effects on livelihoods persist. This article draws on evidence from research conducted in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea as part of a bigger economic empowerment project to illustrate the vulnerabilities of one community of rural semisubsistence farmers to drought-induced food insecurity. It examines responses to drought, identifies modes of resilience, and discusses the implications for future actions.
近期，气候变化对巴布亚新几内亚农业部门的短期和长期影响引发了激烈的争论。当前文献表明，不同人群对气候变化的连锁效应，尤其是干旱，具有不同程度的脆弱性和恢复力。然而，关于该国粮食安全及其对生计影响的不同观点依然存在。本文借鉴了在巴布亚新几内亚西部高地开展的一项研究的证据，该研究是一个更大的经济赋权项目的一部分，旨在说明一个农村半自给农民社区在干旱引发的粮食不安全状况下的脆弱性。文章考察了对干旱的应对措施，确定了恢复力模式，并讨论了对未来行动的影响。
