Building transformative change in Africa’s smallholder food systems: Contributions from climate-smart agriculture and agroecology
Transforming food systems under a changing climate entails amplifying solutions that build sustainability along multiple interconnected principles—i.e., diversity, resilience, equity, economic viability, health and renewability. Two different approaches are engaged in this transformational work in A...
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CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
2020
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| author | Shilomboleni, Helena Radeny, Maren A.O. Demissie, Teferi Dejene Osumba, Joab J.L. Recha, John W.M. Solomon, Dawit |
| author_browse | Demissie, Teferi Dejene Osumba, Joab J.L. Radeny, Maren A.O. Recha, John W.M. Shilomboleni, Helena Solomon, Dawit |
| author_facet | Shilomboleni, Helena Radeny, Maren A.O. Demissie, Teferi Dejene Osumba, Joab J.L. Recha, John W.M. Solomon, Dawit |
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| description | Transforming food systems under a changing climate entails amplifying solutions that build sustainability along multiple interconnected principles—i.e., diversity, resilience, equity, economic viability, health and renewability. Two different approaches are engaged in this transformational work in Africa: climate-smart agriculture (promotes participatory multi-stakeholder collaborations and climate-informed sustainable agriculture innovations) and agroecology (prioritizes co-created diversified livelihood strategies). Together, their contributions highlight the urgency of reconfigurations that balance technology transfer with realigning human values to support inclusive processes and principles of transformation. Taking to scale this critical work will require significant support: donors and policy makers can help by diversifying their investments to create a balance between projects focused on technological solutions and those implementing more agroecological components. Agricultural research for development organizations can help to build the evidence base for agroecology and climate-smart agriculture based on data metrics associated with yields, income, and socioeconomic performance, and on the significance of their holistic approaches to tackling climate change adaptation and mitigation by ensuring strong, resilient social foundations. |
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| publishDate | 2020 |
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| spelling | CGSpace1100812025-03-11T12:14:31Z Building transformative change in Africa’s smallholder food systems: Contributions from climate-smart agriculture and agroecology Shilomboleni, Helena Radeny, Maren A.O. Demissie, Teferi Dejene Osumba, Joab J.L. Recha, John W.M. Solomon, Dawit agroecology climate-smart agriculture smallholders transformation agriculture food security climate change Transforming food systems under a changing climate entails amplifying solutions that build sustainability along multiple interconnected principles—i.e., diversity, resilience, equity, economic viability, health and renewability. Two different approaches are engaged in this transformational work in Africa: climate-smart agriculture (promotes participatory multi-stakeholder collaborations and climate-informed sustainable agriculture innovations) and agroecology (prioritizes co-created diversified livelihood strategies). Together, their contributions highlight the urgency of reconfigurations that balance technology transfer with realigning human values to support inclusive processes and principles of transformation. Taking to scale this critical work will require significant support: donors and policy makers can help by diversifying their investments to create a balance between projects focused on technological solutions and those implementing more agroecological components. Agricultural research for development organizations can help to build the evidence base for agroecology and climate-smart agriculture based on data metrics associated with yields, income, and socioeconomic performance, and on the significance of their holistic approaches to tackling climate change adaptation and mitigation by ensuring strong, resilient social foundations. 2020-11-01 2020-11-06T21:57:07Z 2020-11-06T21:57:07Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110081 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Shilomboleni H, Radeny M, Demissie T, Osumba J, Recha J, Solomon D. 2020. Building transformative change in Africa’s smallholder food systems: Contributions from climate-smart agriculture and agroecology. Policy Brief No. 14. Wageningen, the Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). |
| spellingShingle | agroecology climate-smart agriculture smallholders transformation agriculture food security climate change Shilomboleni, Helena Radeny, Maren A.O. Demissie, Teferi Dejene Osumba, Joab J.L. Recha, John W.M. Solomon, Dawit Building transformative change in Africa’s smallholder food systems: Contributions from climate-smart agriculture and agroecology |
| title | Building transformative change in Africa’s smallholder food systems: Contributions from climate-smart agriculture and agroecology |
| title_full | Building transformative change in Africa’s smallholder food systems: Contributions from climate-smart agriculture and agroecology |
| title_fullStr | Building transformative change in Africa’s smallholder food systems: Contributions from climate-smart agriculture and agroecology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Building transformative change in Africa’s smallholder food systems: Contributions from climate-smart agriculture and agroecology |
| title_short | Building transformative change in Africa’s smallholder food systems: Contributions from climate-smart agriculture and agroecology |
| title_sort | building transformative change in africa s smallholder food systems contributions from climate smart agriculture and agroecology |
| topic | agroecology climate-smart agriculture smallholders transformation agriculture food security climate change |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110081 |
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