Local to regional-scale mechanisms behind successful climate services for agriculture in Latin America

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.contributor.affiliationWageningen University & Researchen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity Internationalen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Readingen
cg.contributor.affiliationBarcelona Supercomputing Centeren
cg.contributor.initiativeClimate Resilience
cg.contributor.programAcceleratorCGIAR Climate Action science program
cg.contributor.programAcceleratorScaling for Impact
cg.coverage.countryColombia
cg.coverage.countryGuatemala
cg.coverage.countryHonduras
cg.coverage.countryNicaragua
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2CO
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GT
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2HN
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NI
cg.coverage.regionAmericas
cg.coverage.regionCentral America
cg.coverage.regionSouth America
cg.coverage.regionLatin America and the Caribbean
cg.creator.identifierDiana Carolina Giraldo Mendez: 0000-0002-9200-3916
cg.creator.identifierDavid Andres Rios Segura: 0000-0002-2349-2285
cg.creator.identifierCarlos Eduardo Navarro-Racines: 0000-0002-8692-6431
cg.creator.identifierKemly Camacho: 0000-0003-2360-0124
cg.creator.identifierArmando Martinez-Valle: 0000-0001-9718-5520
cg.creator.identifierSteven D. Prager: 0000-0001-9830-7008
cg.creator.identifierDiego Obando: 0000-0002-5159-7391
cg.creator.identifierCarlos Alfredo Martinez Zelaya: 0000-0002-9869-8448
cg.creator.identifierMartínez-Barón, D.: 0000-0003-2317-8760
cg.creator.identifierÁngel G Muñoz: 0000-0002-2212-6654
cg.creator.identifierJulian Ramirez-Villegas: 0000-0002-8044-583X
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2025.100721en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2212-0963en
cg.journalClimate Risk Managementen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatFARMING SYSTEMSen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatINDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGEen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatPARTICIPATORY RESEARCHen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatPOLICYen
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate actionen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 17 - Partnerships for the goalsen
cg.volume49en
dc.contributor.authorGiraldo, Dianaen
dc.contributor.authorRíos, Daviden
dc.contributor.authorNavarro-Racines, Carlosen
dc.contributor.authorCamacho, Kemlyen
dc.contributor.authorMartinez-Valle, Armandoen
dc.contributor.authorPrager, Steven D.en
dc.contributor.authorObando, Diegoen
dc.contributor.authorZelaya, Carlosen
dc.contributor.authorMartinez-Baron, Deissyen
dc.contributor.authorMuñoz, Ángel G.en
dc.contributor.authorRamirez Villegas, Julianen
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-11T09:19:02Z
dc.date.available2025-07-11T09:19:02Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/175611
dc.titleLocal to regional-scale mechanisms behind successful climate services for agriculture in Latin Americaen
dcterms.abstractThe provision of climate services (CS) has grown at an unprecedented rate over the last decade in response to climate-related risks in several sectors of the global economy; this is especially true in agriculture. Several studies document lessons learnt from (un)successful climate services, and attempt to distil these into key principles, recommendations, or requirements. However, limited systematic analysis and data on the characteristics of the CS that are conducive to success exist to date, including for agriculture. Here, we analyse the Local Technical Agroclimatic Committees (referred to here by its Spanish acronym MTAs) as a CS approach that effectively delivers information to farmers sustainably and at local scale. We propose a framework comprising sixteen metrics that help measure the effectiveness, sustainability, and scalability as key dimensions of CS success. We apply this framework to 26 MTAs across four Latin American countries, namely, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Colombia. The analyses revealed that the MTAs played a significant role in CS transformation pathways, producing a total of 158 outcomes (changes in behaviour of people or institutions), and involving at least 279 institutions at various levels and with diverse roles. Analyses of the sixteen metrics revealed a wide range of performance across the 26 MTAs, with nearly half of the MTAs considered to have or nearly-achieved effectiveness, sustainability, and scalability. MTAs success stems not only from an increase in numbers of farmers and locations reached but also from the evolving roles and responsibilities of a diverse ecosystem of actors that accompany enhanced capacities and tangible benefits on the ground. Based on these results, we propose key CS elements, namely, collaboration; participation; adaptability and flexibility; financial (crowd) resourcing; robust governance and strong leadership; awareness of and improvements in data availability, quality, and assurance; capacity development; user-centred communication; adequate incentives; and enabling policy environment.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2026-06-16
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGiraldo, D.; Ríos, D.; Navarro-Racines, C.; Camacho, K.; Martinez-Valle, A.; Prager, S.D.; Obando, D.; Zelaya, C.; Martinez-Baron, D.; Muñoz, Á.G.; Ramirez Villegas, J. (2025) Local to regional-scale mechanisms behind successful climate services for agriculture in Latin America. Climate Risk Management 49: 100721. ISSN: 2212-0963en
dcterms.extent100721en
dcterms.issued2025-06-18
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherElsevier BVen
dcterms.subjectmonitoring and evaluationen
dcterms.subjectsustainabilityen
dcterms.subjectclimate servicesen
dcterms.subjectdecision makingen
dcterms.subjectmulti-stakeholder processesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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