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Enhance indigenous agricultural systems to reduce migration...

by Keith L Kline, Luis Ramirez, Carlos Sum, Santiago Lopez-ridaura, Virginia H Dale
Publication Type
Journal
Journal Name
Nature Sustainability
Publication Date
Page Numbers
74 to 76
Volume
3
Issue
2

Changes in social and environmental conditions in the Western Highlands of Guatemala undermine food security and job opportunities. We describe how targeted assistance can build upon traditional agricultural systems to increase adaptive capacity, improve nutrition, provide jobs and thereby reduce pressures to migrate.