Assessing the vulnerability of Caribbean farmers to climate change impacts: a comparative study of cocoa farmers in Jamaica and Trinidad

Agriculture is undoubtedly one of the most vulnerable sectors in the world to climate change (IPCC 2007, Jarvis et al. 2010), and several studies have already predicted that global agricultural production could suffer progressive yield losses by the end of the century (Lobell et al. 2008, 2011; Challinor and Wheeler 2008; Challinor et al. 2009; Thornton et al. 2011). While an increasing number of studies illustrate the likely impact of...