Climate change mitigation and livelihood components under smallholder coffee farming: a bibliographic and systematic review

Kishaija, Noel and Ocwa, Akasairi and Kuunya, Ronald and Ssemugenze, Brian and Heil, Bálint (2025) Climate change mitigation and livelihood components under smallholder coffee farming: a bibliographic and systematic review. AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY, 14 (1). ISSN 2048-7010

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Abstract

Coffee ranks high in terms of growth, trade, and consumption across the world. Although there has been an increasing trend in its consumption as a beverage across the globe, its on-farm production and productivity are threatened by climate change in the dominant coffee-growing regions. Smallholder farmers produce about 80% of the world’s coffee and are constrained in adopting climate-smart improved technologies. Climate change and livelihoods are interconnected, and understanding and strengthening their linkages is crucial in generating sustainable coffee supplies. This paper analyzed climate change and mitigation components in the context of livelihoods under smallholder coffee farming systems. An online search of globally published journal articles was done in the Web of Science and Google Scholar databases. Bibliographic and metadata analysis was done using VOSviewer software, while the publication trend of the included articles was analyzed using Mann–Kendall. Overall, this review reveals that livelihood assets owned by the coffee farmer have a strong bearing on the adaptation and mitigation of climate change, while Fairtrade certification has mixed effects on farmers’ income and well-being. Agroforestry is a major climate change adaptation strategy under coffee farming and is linked to the livelihood status of the farmer, gender, and certification. This review echoes the strong linkage between agroforestry, livelihood components, and Fairtrade certification under smallholder farmers based on the empirical researched information available.

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agricultural sciences > crop production and horticulture

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Soproni Egyetem

Item Type:	Article
SWORD Depositor:	Teszt Sword
Depositing User:	Csaba Horváth
Identification Number:	MTMT:35843216
Date Deposited:	31 Mar 2025 06:59
Last Modified:	31 Mar 2025 06:59
URI:	http://publicatio.uni-sopron.hu/id/eprint/3523

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