Climate change is a growing issue for developing countries, as they typically lack the technical and financial inputs to implement the necessary agricultural adaptations. These countries also suffer from the classic collective action problem; although they are able to identify the issue and a potential solution, their individual resources are not substantial enough to enact change. This article discusses north Cyprus' 2006 adoption of pomegranate production and its relationship to climate-related agricultural concerns. We argue that the Turkish Cypriot community would not have been able to start an effective pomegranate agribusiness without third-party financial and technical assistance. As a post-conflict developing community, they lacked the resources necessary to collectivize on their own and initiate crop switching. Thus, Turkish Cypriot farmers needed external resources in order to launch a sustainable development project. The programme was a successful example of sustainable peacebuilding as it required local ownership.
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Finnegan, C. M., & Gokcekus, O. (2015). Sustainable climate change adaptations in developing countries: A case study of the Turkish Cypriot Community’s adoption of pomegranate farming. In The Sustainability of Agro-Food and Natural Resource Systems in the Mediterranean Basin (pp. 159–171). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16357-4_11
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