While it is generally recognized that the projected changes in the global climate will have
serious negative consequences for the Caribbean as a whole, it is becoming more and more …

This paper reports on ongoing research on the impact of global environmental and
economic change on small farming in Jamaica using a case study of southern St. Elizabeth …

It is now widely recognized that climate change is likely to have detrimental impacts across
the Caribbean region, with the burden likely to fall disproportionately on the most vulnerable …

Coffee is a global commodity that supports the livelihoods of 100 million people worldwide,
many of whom are smallholder farmers. While smallholder farmers are known to be …

Local knowledge has played an active role in the lives of rural communities in virtually every
part of the world. In Jamaica, traditional cropping systems based on local informal …

The purpose of this study is to reach a basic understanding of drought and climate change in
southwestern Jamaica through an integration of local knowledge and perception of drought …

Shifting global consumption patterns, tastes and attitudes towards food, leisure, travel and
place have opened new opportunities for rural producers in the form of agritourism …

This paper examines climate justice from the perspective of three remote indigenous Carib
communities located in northeastern St. Vincent, amidst their vulnerability to climatic …

Despite recent calls to limit future increases in the global average temperature to well below
2° C, little is known about how different climatic thresholds will impact human society. Future …

With the exception of Haiti, the sensationalized issues of hunger reported in certain parts of
the developing world are largely unknown in the Caribbean. Despite this, there are growing …