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Contents
Preface and acknowledgements xi Abbreviations and acronyms xiii
CHAPTER 1:
OVERVIEW: A METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK - INTEGRATING CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND SUSTAINABILITY INTO AGRICULTURAL SECTORS 1
1. Introduction 2
2. Climate impact analysis for agriculture: The question of scale 2
3. A sector-specific framework for climate adaptation 5
3.1 Framework overview 5
3.2 Description of proposed framework 6
4. Stage
1: Tri-dimensional analytical 6
4.1 Economic analysis 6
4.2 Biophysical analysis 7
4.3 Socio-institutional analysis 10
4.4 Interlinkage of the three dimensions 10
5. Stage
6. Stage
7. Application to three agricultural systems: Kenya, Morocco, and Ecuador 11
2: Policy formulation 10 3: Adaptation strategy implementation 11
7.1 Kenya’s tea sector: Developing an evidence-based climate-smart strategy 11
7.2 Morocco’s fruit tree crops: mainstreaming climate adaptation
within the Green Morocco Plan 13
7.3 Ecuador’s banana sector: improving climate resiliency and sustainability 13
CHAPTER 2:
ECONOMIC AND POLICY ANALYSIS OF THE BANANA SECTOR
IN ECUADOR AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY 15
1. Introduction 16
2. The banana sector in Ecuador 17
2.1 Banana ecology and disease 17
2.2 Evolution of the banana industry in Ecuador 18
2.3 Geography and the farm structure with regard to the banana industry 19
2.3.1 Geographic locations 19
2.3.2 Farm size 19
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