Honey Production and Climate Change: Beekeepers' Perceptions, Farm Adaptation Strategies, and Information Needs.

ABSTRACT: Because climate change has severely impacted global bee populations by depleting their habitats and food sources, beekeepers must implement management practices to adapt to changing climates. However, beekeepers in El Salvador lack information about necessary climate change adaptation strategies. This study explored Salvadoran beekeepers' experiences adapting to climate change. The researchers used a phenomenological case study approach and conducted semi-structured interviews with nine Salvadoran beekeepers who were members of The Cooperative Association for Marketing, Production, Savings, and Credit of Beekeepers of Chalatenango (ACCOPIDECHA). The beekeepers perceived water and food scarcity, as well as extreme weather events (e.g., increasing temperature, rain, winds), as the leading cl

SUBMITTER: Landaverde R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10299425 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature