Corinne Valdivia,^* Jere L. Gilles,^* Cecilia Turin<sup>*


*</sup>Authors are Associate Professor, Dept of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA, ValdiviaC@Missouri.edu (Valdivia); Professor, Dept of Rural Sociology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA (Gilles); and Faculty member and Director, Institute for Smallholder Sustainable Production, National Agrarian University La Molina, Lima 33, Peru (Turin). The findings presented are from several projects: Sustainable Agropastoral Systems in Marginal Lands: Socio-Economics Research in Bolivia, funded by the Small Ruminant Collaborative Research Support Program, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Title XII (1991–1996); Climate Variability and Household Welfare in the Andes: Farmer Adaptation and Use of Weather Forecasts in Decision Making, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Human Dimensions Program, Dept of Commerce, USA (1999–2003); and Adapting to Change in the Andean Highlands: Practices and Strategies to Address Climate and Market Risks in Vulnerable Agro-Ecosystems, funded by the Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Collaborative Research Support Program (SANREM CRSP) USAID Title XII (2006–2010). Funding was also provided by the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.