ClimAndes

On-line materials

• NEW! Valdivia, C., J.L. Gilles, R. Quiroz. Final Report Project NA96GP0239 Title: Climate Variability and Household Welfare in the Andes: Farmer adaptation and use of weather forecasts in decision-making. Final Report submitted to NOAA’s Human Dimensions of Global Change Research (HDGCR) Program, October 31. University of Missouri Columbia.
• NEW! Valdivia, C. J. L. Gilles, C. Jetté, R. Quiroz, R. Espejo. 2003. “Coping and Adapting to Climate Variability: The Role of Assets, Networks, Knowledge and Institutions.” In Insights and Tools for Adaptation: Learning from Climate Variability. 189-199. NOAA Office of Global Programs, Climate and Societal Interactions. Washington. DC. (PDF file.)
• NEW! Valdivia, C. and R. Quiroz. 2003. “Coping and Adapting to Increased Climate Variability in the Andes.” Selected Paper American Agricultural Economics Association. July 27-30, Montréal Canada.
• NEW! Valdivia C. and J. L. Gilles. 2003. “Coping and Adapting to Climate Variability in the Andes: Strategies and Local Knowledge.” Presented at the 2003 Open Meeting Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. 16-18 October. Montreal, Canada.
• NEW! Valdivia, C. and R. Quiroz. 2001. “Rural Livelihood Strategies, Assets, and Economic Portfolios in Coping with Climatic Perturbations: A Case Study of the Bolivian Andes.” Social Organization and Land Management Session, Integrated Natural Resource Management for Sustainable Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries, 28-31 August, International Center for Tropical Agriculture, CIAT, Cali Colombia. (PDF file.)
• NEW! Valdivia, C. 2001. “Andean Livelihood Strategies and the Livestock Portfolio.” American Anthropological Association 100 Annual Meeting. Invited Session, Contentments and Contentions: Living with Livestock. November 28- December 2. Washington DC. Arlington VA. (PDF file.)
• Susan Materer, Corinne Valdivia
  "Household Production Strategies in a Climatic Variable Zone," Department of Agricultural Economics Working Paper No. AEWP 2000-9, February 2002
• Susan Materer, Corinne Valdivia
  "Analysis of a Climatically Variable Production Function," Department of Agricultural Economics Working Paper No. AEWP 2000-10, February 2002. (PDF file 800 Kb.)
• Susan Materer, Corinne Valdivia, and Jere Gilles
  "Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Characteristics and Importance to Climatic Uncertainty," Department of Agricultural Economics Working Paper No. AEWP 2001-3, February 2002.
• Corinne Valdivia, Christain Jette, Roberto Quiroz, Jere L. Gilles, and Susan Materer
  "Peasant Households Strategies in the Andes and Potential Users of Climate Forecasts: El Nino of 1997-1998," Department of Agricultural Economics Working Paper No. AEWP 2001-4, February 2002. (PDF file 950 Kb.)
• Corinne Valdivia, Christian Jetté, Roberto Quiroz, Jere L.Gilles and Susan Materer
  Peasant Households Strategies in the Andes and Potential Users of Climate Forecasts: El Niño of 1997-1998
  Paper presented at the Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association. Session: Natural Resources and Environmental Issues in Development. Tampa. Florida, August, 2000.
• Annual Progress Report, Year 2 (May 2000 through April 2001)
• Also available, the appendix to this report, Scenario Analyses with process-based models (CIP). Please note this is a large PDF file (near 700 kb.).
• Ricardo Claverías
  Conocimientos de los campesinos andinos sobre los predictores climáticos: Elementos para su verificación
  Trabajo presentado al Panel de Expertos del proyecto, Lima, Julio 2000. (PDF, 200 kb.)
• Corinne Valdivia, Jere L.Gilles and Susan Materer
  Climate variability, a producer typology and the use of forecasts: Experiences from Andean semiarid small holder producers
  Paper presented at the International Forum on Climate Prediction, Agriculture and Development. April 26-28, 2000. IRI. (HTML version here)
• Annual Progress Report, Year 1 (August 1999 through April 2000)