Project 
Publications

Climate Variability and Household Welfare in the Andes

Publications

  • 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.
  • 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. Papers can be found at http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/openmeeting/
  • 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. http://agecon.lib.umn.edu/cgi-bin/pdf_view.pl?paperid=9073&ftype=.pdf
  • Valdivia, C. 2002. “Local Level Factors Affecting Forecast Use and Application.” Proceedings Human Dimensions of Global Change Research Program Principal Investigators Meeting, October 23-25, Seabrook Island, SC.
  • Valdivia, C. and J. Gilles. 2001. “Gender and Resource Management: Households and Groups, Strategies and Transitions.” Agriculture and Human Values. 18 (1): 5-9.
  • Valdivia, C. 2001. “Household socioeconomic diversity and coping response to a drought year at San José Llanga.” Chapter 6 in Coppock, D. L. and C. Valdivia (eds). Sustaining Agropastoralism on the Bolivian Altiplano: The Case of San Jose Llanga. Rangeland Resources Department, Utah State University. Logan, Utah. 266 pp.
  • Markowitz, L. and C. Valdivia. 2001. “Patterns of technology adoption at San José Llanga: Lessons in agricultural change.” Chapter 7 in Coppock, L. D. and C. Valdivia (eds). Sustaining Agropastoralism on the Bolivian Altiplano: The Case of San Jose Llanga. Rangeland Resources Department, Utah State University. Logan, Utah. 266 pp.
  • Coppock, D. L., C. Valdivia, J. Yazman, C. Jetté, J. de Queiroz, L. Markowitz and I. M. Ortega. 2001. “Conclusions and Recommendations.” Chapter 8 in Coppock, D. L. and C. Valdivia (eds). Sustaining Agropastoralism on the Bolivian Altiplano: The Case of San Jose Llanga. Rangeland Resources Department, Utah State University. Logan, Utah. 266 pp.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Valdivia, C., C. Jetté, R. Quiroz, J. Gilles, and S. Materer. 2000. “Peasant Household Strategies in the Andes and Potential Users of Climate Forecasts: El Niño of 1997-1998.” Selected Paper American Agricultural Economics Association. July 30- August 2. Tampa, FL. http://agecon.lib.umn.edu/cgi-bin/detailview.pl?paperid=9146
  • Valdivia, C., J. l. Gilles, and S. Materer. 2000. “Climate Variability, A Producer Typology and the Use of Forecasts: Experience from Andean Semiarid Small Holder Produers.” Proceedings of the International Forum on Climate Prediction Agriculture and Development. International Research Institute for Climate Prediction. Palisades, NY. Pp. 227-239.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Presentations

  • 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. Papers can be found at http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/openmeeting/
  • Espejo, R. J. Gilles, C. Valdivia and C. Jette. 2003. “Using Network analysis to improve forecast use among vulnerable farmers: The Case of Bolivia.” In Institutions and Governance. 2003 Open Meeting of the HumanDimensions of Global Environmental Change Research Community. 16-18 October. Montreal, Canada.
  • 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. http://agecon.lib.umn.edu/cgi-bin/pdf_view.pl?paperid=9073&ftype=.pdf
  • Valdivia, C. and J. Gilles. 2002. “Climate Variability and Household Welfare in the Andes.” Poster. Principal Investigators Meeting, NOAA Human Dimensions of Global Change Research. October 23-25. Seabrook Island, SC.
  • Valdivia, C. 2002. “Local Level Factors Affecting Forecast Use and Application.” Proceedings Human Dimensions of Global Change Research Program Principal Investigators Meeting, October 23-25, Seabrook Island, SC.
  • Valdivia, C. 2002. Seminar “Dealing with Climate and Other Changes in the Andes of Bolivia: Rural Households and their Strategies.” January 16, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Palisades NY.
  • Gilles, J.L. 2002. Panel member, “Eliciting User Needs and Methods from Different Disciplines.” Human Dimensions of Global Change Principal Investigators Meeting, October 23 – 25, Seabrook Island, South Carolina.
  • Valdivia, C. 2001. “Climate Variability and Household Welfare in the Andes.” NOAA Office of Global Programs, Washington DC. November 30.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Gilles, J., S. Materer, and C. Valdivia. 2001. "Re-evaluating Climate Forecasting: Lessons from Indigenous Systems." 64th Rural Sociological Society Meetings, August 15-19. Albuquerque New, Mexico. Abstract available.
  • Gilles, J. 2001. "Indigenous Knowledge and Climate in the Andes" Presentation made for the Environmental Sociology Seminar Series on March 9, Department of Rural Sociology, MU, Columbia.
  • Valdivia, C., C. Jetté, R. Quiroz, J. Gilles, and S. Materer. 2000. "Peasant Household Strategies in the Andes and Potential Users of Climate Forecasts: El Niño of 1997-1998." American Agricultural Economics Association Selected Papers. July 30- August 2. Tampa, Florida. Paper and abstract available.
  • Gilles, J., F. Galindo, C. Valdivia, and S. Materer. 2000. "Knowing the Future: Climate
  • Forecasting, Farmers and the Food System." 63rd Rural Sociological Society Meetings, August 14-18. Washington D.C. Abstract and paper available.
  • Valdivia, C. 2000. "Climate variability and household welfare in the Andes." At session Climate & Agriculture Studies in Uruguay, Bolivia, and SE USA Aplicación de Pronósticos Climáticos en Agricultura: Métodos, Experiencias y Oportunidades en América Latina. IAI - CIP conference: May 16-17. Lima, Peru.
  • Materer, S. Household Production Strategies in a Climatic Variable Zone. Working Paper on the use panel data with 1993 and 1995 data sets. Mimepgraph. Dpt. Ag. Economics. MU.
  • Valdivia, C., J. L. Gilles and Susan Materer.2000. Climate variability, a producer typology and the use of forecasts: Experience from Andean semiarid small holder producers. IRI Forum on Climate Prediction, Agriculture and Development, Palisades, April 26-28.
  • Valdivia, C. 2000. Climate Variability and Household Welfare in the Andes. Seminar Series, Department of Agricultural Economics, MU. March 3rd.
  • Gilles J. and C. Valdivia, 1999. San José Llanga Producers and NOAA Climate Variability Project. Presentation, Environmental Sociology Group, December 10, Sociology, MU.
  • Quiroz, R.1999. Methodologies for Interdisciplinary Multiple Scale Perspectives. SAAD III (Symposium on Systems Approaches for Agricultural Development) Universidad Nacional Agraria, La Molina, Lima. November, 8 - 10. 1999
  • Valdivia, C. 1999. Differences in the Environmental Justice Discourses of Brazil and Peru. Discussant. Workshop on Public Philosophy, Environment and Social Justice. Environmental Justice Discourses. Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, Merrill House, New York. October 21-22.
  • Valdivia, C 1999. Climate Variability, Household Strategies and Technology in the Andes. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Global Programs. Seminar, September 15. Washington DC.
  • Valdivia, C. 1999.Climate Variability and Household Welfare in the Andes: Farmer adaptation and use of weather forecasts in decision making." The Human Dimensions Meeting of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, April 26-28, Tucson, AZ.
  • Valdivia, C. and J. Gilles. 2001. "Gender and Resource Management: Households and Groups, Strategies and Transitions." Agriculture and Human Values. 18 (1): 5-9.
  • Valdivia, C., J. L. Gilles, and S. Materer. 2000. "Climate Variability, A Producer Typology and the Use of Forecasts: Experience From Andean Semiarid Small Holder Producers." Proceedings of the International Forum on Climate Prediction Agriculture and Development. International Research Institute for Climate Prediction. Palisades, New York. pp. 227-239.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Abstracts

  • 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.
  • Barreda, C., C. Valdivia and R. Quiroz. 2003. “Diversification of economic portfolios to deal with climate variability: Case study of livelihood strategies in two Andean communities.” In Rural Livelihoods and Climate Variability: Insights for Adaptation to Longer Term Change. 2003 Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Research Community, 16-18 October. Montreal, Canada.
  • Espejo, Rigoberto, Jere Gilles and Hector Machicado. 2003. “El Valor de los estudios de redes para la difusión de información climática,” Presented at the Final Workshop of the Research Project on Family Viability and Well-being in the Andes: Producer adaptations and Use of forecasts in decision making. February 26-27. CIP. Lima Peru.
  • Gilles, Jere, and Rigoberto Espejo. 2003. “Conocimientos científicos y locales.” Presented at the Final Workshop of the Research Project on Family Viability and Well-being in the Andes: Producer adaptations and Use of forecasts in decision making. February 26-27. CIP. Lima, Peru.
  • Valdivia, C. 2002. “Local Level Factors Affecting Forecast Use and Application.” Session, Human Dimensions of Global Change Principal Investigators Meeting, October 23 – 25, Seabrook Island, SC.
  • Gilles, J.L. 2002. Panel member, “Eliciting User Needs and Methods from Different Disciplines.” Human Dimensions of Global Change Principal Investigators Meeting, October 23 – 25, Seabrook Island, South Carolina.
  • Valdivia, C., R. Quiroz, P. Zorogastua and G. Baigorria. 2002. “Climate Variability, Andean Livelihood Strategies, Development and Adaptation in the Andean Region.” Invited presentation Climate and Development From Seasons to Centuries: How Our Understanding of and Responses to Seasonal Climate Variability Can Build Insight into Human Adaptation to Long-Term Climate Change. 2002 Spring Meeting American Geophysical Union, 7 May. Vol 83, No 19. 123.
  • 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 29- December 2. Washington DC. 437.
  • Gilles, J., S. Materer, and C. Valdivia. 2001. "Re-evaluating Climate Forecasting: Lessons from Indigenous Systems." 64th Rural Sociological Society Meetings, August 15-19. Albuquerque, NM.
  • Valdivia, C., J. L. Gilles, and S. Materer. 2000. "Climate Variability, A Producer Typology and the Use of Forecasts: Experience From Andean Semiarid Small Holder Producers." Proceedings of the International Forum on Climate Prediction Agriculture and Development. International Research Institute for Climate Prediction. Palisades, NY p.31.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Working Papers

  • Valdivia, C., C. Jetté, R. Quiroz, J. Gilles and S. Materer. 2001. "Peasant Household Strategies in the Andes and Potential Users of Climate Forecasts: El Niño of 1997-1998." Agricultural Economics Working Paper AEWP-2001-4. Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri. Columbia, MO.
  • Materer, S., C. Valdivia and J. Gilles. 2001. "Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Characteristics and Importance to Climatic Uncertainty." AEWP-2001-03. Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri. Columbia, MO.
  • Materer, S. and C. Valdivia. 2000. "Analysis of a Climatically Variable Production season."
  • AEWP-2000-10. Dept. of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri. Columbia, MO.
  • Materer, S. and C. Valdivia. 2000. "Household Production Strategies in a Climatic Variable Zone." AEWP-2000-9. Dept. of Ag. Economics, University of Missouri. Columbia, MO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Reports
(field research reports and reviews/positions papers)

  • Espejo, Rigoberto. 2002. “Pronósticos Climáticos Locales de San José para la Campaña 2001-2002.”(Local Forecasts for the 2001-2002 Production Cycle in San José) Technical Field Report.
  • Valdivia, Roberto, Edith Ortega, Carmen Guerra, and Corinne Valdivia. 2002. “Estrategias Familiares en dos Comunidades de Puno (Family Strategies in Two Puno Communities).” Reporte Técnico, CIRNMA. Technical field report.
  • Materer, Susan and Corinne Valdivia. “Diversity Through Potatoes: Study of Livelihood Strategies in the Bolivian Altiplano.” Monograph.
  • Materer, Susan and Corinne Valdivia. “Impacts of Climate, Age, Education and Resources on Coping Strategies in the Bolivian Altiplano.” Monograph.
  • Valdivia, Corinne and Christian Jetté. “Climate Variability and Household Welfare in the Andes.” Monograph.
  • Valdivia, Corinne, Christian Jetté, Roberto Quiroz and Guillermo Baigorria. “Rural Livelihood Typologies of Technology and Policy to Address Adaptation.” Monograph.
  • Easter, Cheston, Corinne Valdivia, and Harvey James. “Transaction Costs and Households Characteristics in the Market Integration of Rural Households of Southern Peru.” Monograph.
  • Claverias, R. 2000. “Conocimientos de los Campesinos Andinos sobre los Predictores Climáticos: Elementos para su verificación.” (Andean Peasants’ Climate Forecast Knowledge: Elements to verify these knowledge). Mimeograph.
  • Espejo, R., J. Gilles, C. Valdivia, and C. Jetté. 2001. “Estudio de Redes de Información Climática en San José.” (Networks of Climatic Information in San José Llanga.) Mimeograph.
  • Claverias, R. 2000. "Conocimientos de los Campesinos Andinos sobre los Predictores Climáticos: Elementos para su verificación." (Andean Peasants' Climate Forecast Knowledge: Elements to verify these knowledge). Mimeograph.
  • Espejo, R., J. Gilles, C. Valdivia, and C. Jetté. 2001. "Estudio de Redes de Información Climática en San José." (Networks of Climatic Information in San José Llanga.) Mimeograph.
  • Carrillo, R. 2001. "Monitoreo de Variedades y Pronósticos Climáticos. Informe de actividades de campo." Mimeograph. PROINPA. March. La Paz.
  • Carrillo, R. 2000. "Reporte de La Gestion 1999-2000. Introducción de cuatro variedades de papa en el cantón San José Llanga." Mimeograph. PROINPA. December. La Paz.
  • Valdivia, R. 2001. "Informe Preliminar de Avance Variabilidad Climática y Bienestar Familar- Perú." Mimeograph. CIRNMA. April. Puno.
  • Quiroz, R. 2001. "Scenario Analysis with Process Based Model." Mimeograph. CIP. April. Lima.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Workshops Organized

Climate Variability and Household Welfare in the Andean Region. Final Workshop. 2003. Lima Peru (Proceedings are being edited and will be soon published on the web.)

Climate Variability and Family Welfare in the Andean Region: Family Adaptation and the Use of Climate Forecasts in Decisions Making. Panel meeting of researchers and experts, organized in collaboration with the International Potato Center and Centro de Investigación de Recursos Naturales y Medio Ambiente (CIRNMA). July 10-12, Puno Peru. 2000.

Presentations 2000

  • Valdivia, C. 2000. "Climate Variability and Household Welfare: A Theoretical Framework." Taller: Variabilidad Climática y Bienestar Familiar en la Zona Andina. (Workshop: Climatic Variability and Family Welfare in the Andean Zone.) July 10-12. Puno, Peru. Abstract available.
  • Valdivia, C. 2000. "Profiles of Users of Climate Forecasts: Experience from San José Llanga."
  • Taller: Variabilidad Climática y Bienestar familiar en la Zona Andina. (Workshop: Climatic Variability and Family Welfare in the Andean Zone.) July 10-12. Puno, Peru. Abstract available.
  • Materer, S. 2000. "Production Strategies under Risk: The Case of San José Llanga." Taller:
  • Variabilidad Climática y Bienestar Familiar en la Zona Andina. (Workshop: Climatic Variability and Family Welfare in the Andean Zone.) July 10-12. Puno, Peru. Abstract.
  • Lagos, P. 2000. "Andean Climate Forecasting." Taller: Variabilidad Climática y Bienestar Familiar en la Zona Andina. (Workshop: Climatic Variability and Family Welfare in the Andean Zone.) July 10-12. Puno, Peru.
  • Claverias, R. 2000. "Knowledge of Andean Farmers About Climate Predictions: Elements to verify these." Taller: Variabilidad Climática y Bienestar Familiar en la Zona Andina. (Workshop: Climatic Variability and Family Welfare in the Andean Zone.) July 10-12. Puno, Peru. Abstract and paper available.
  • Baigorria, G. 2000. "Crop Simulation Models and Applications." Taller: Variabilidad Climática y Bienestar Familiar en la Zona Andina. (Workshop: Climatic Variability and Family Welfare in the Andean Zone.) July 10-12. Puno, Peru.
  • Jetté, Christian. 2000. "Factors Related to Poverty in the Altiplano." Taller: Variabilidad Climática y Bienestar Familiar en la Zona Andina. (Workshop: Climatic Variability and Family Welfare in the Andean Zone.) July 10-12. Puno, Peru. Abstract available.
  • Choquevilca, J. 2000. "SINSAAT, Food Security and Early Warning Systems in Bolivia." Taller: Variabilidad Climática y Bienestar Familiar en la Zona Andina. (Workshop: Climatic Variability and Family Welfare in the Andean Zone.) July 10-12. Puno, Peru.
  • Quiroz, R. 2000. "Dairy Production in the Bolivian Altiplano, and future Developments." Taller: Variabilidad Climática y Bienestar Familiar en la Zona Andina. (Workshop: Climatic Variability and Family Welfare in the Andean Zone.) July 10-12. Puno, Peru.
  • Carrillo, R. 2000. "Introduction of Frost Tolerant Potato Varieties in San José Llanga." Taller:
  • Variabilidad Climática y Bienestar Familiar en la Zona Andina. (Workshop: Climatic Variability and Family Welfare in the Andean Zone.) July 10-12. Puno, Peru.
  • Carrillo, R. 2000. "The Agricultural Calendar, Decisions and Climate: Experiences from San José Llanga in 1999." Taller: Variabilidad Climática y Bienestar Familiar en la Zona Andina. (Workshop: Climatic Variability and Family Welfare in the Andean Zone.) July 10-12. Puno, Peru.
  • Valdivia, R. 2000. "A Preliminary Assessment of Potential Research Sites in Puno." Taller:
  • Variabilidad Climática y Bienestar Familiar en la Zona Andina. (Workshop: Climatic Variability and Family Welfare in the Andean Zone.) July 10-12. Puno, Peru. Abstract available.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Thesis Research

  • Easter, Cheston . May 2002. “Effects of Transaction Costs and Household Participation. Market Integration Within the Southern Highland Region of Peru.” Unpublished MSc Thesis Agricultural Economics University of Missouri Columbia.
  • Materer, Susan. August 2001. “The Role of Potato Production in Diversified Household Economic Portfolios: Study of San José Llanga, Bolivia” Unpublished MSc Thesis. Agricultural Economics University of Missouri Columbia.