Farming for the future: Prioritization of climate-smart agriculture technologies in SAARC countries

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is pivotal in combating the impacts of climate change on global agriculture and food security. It has increasingly gained prominence as an adaptation strategy against the adverse impacts of climate change on agriculture, particularly in South Asia. However, scaling up...

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Autores principales: Kapoor, Shreya, Sma, Abdelkarim, Pathak, Himanshu, Pradhan, Mamata
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Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155261
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author Kapoor, Shreya
Sma, Abdelkarim
Pathak, Himanshu
Pradhan, Mamata
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Pathak, Himanshu
Pradhan, Mamata
Sma, Abdelkarim
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Sma, Abdelkarim
Pathak, Himanshu
Pradhan, Mamata
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description Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is pivotal in combating the impacts of climate change on global agriculture and food security. It has increasingly gained prominence as an adaptation strategy against the adverse impacts of climate change on agriculture, particularly in South Asia. However, scaling up the adoption of CSA interventions becomes critical, due to predominantly small and marginal nature of landholdings in the region, various institutional and policy constraints, and trade regulations and barriers. Another significant challenge lies in categorizing and prioritizing the multitude of technologies considered to be climate smart. Therefore, this study attempts to explore the different CSA technologies within the socio-economic context of six South Asian countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, with the main objective of proioritization and scaling-up of these methods. The study begins by compiling an inventory of existing technologies and subsequently prioritizing them by using the World Bank (WB) CSA Technology Index. Secondly, the study tries to address the key challenges and propose policy measures to upscale the adoption of CSA technologies in these countries using participatory research conducted with the key stakeholders in these countries. The participatory research provided valuable insights, revealing critical policy and institutional barriers, and providing a basis for framing strategies and policy solutions to facilitate wider adoption of CSA technologies in the region.
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spelling CGSpace1552612025-12-02T21:02:40Z Farming for the future: Prioritization of climate-smart agriculture technologies in SAARC countries Kapoor, Shreya Sma, Abdelkarim Pathak, Himanshu Pradhan, Mamata climate change climate-smart agriculture prioritization scaling up Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is pivotal in combating the impacts of climate change on global agriculture and food security. It has increasingly gained prominence as an adaptation strategy against the adverse impacts of climate change on agriculture, particularly in South Asia. However, scaling up the adoption of CSA interventions becomes critical, due to predominantly small and marginal nature of landholdings in the region, various institutional and policy constraints, and trade regulations and barriers. Another significant challenge lies in categorizing and prioritizing the multitude of technologies considered to be climate smart. Therefore, this study attempts to explore the different CSA technologies within the socio-economic context of six South Asian countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, with the main objective of proioritization and scaling-up of these methods. The study begins by compiling an inventory of existing technologies and subsequently prioritizing them by using the World Bank (WB) CSA Technology Index. Secondly, the study tries to address the key challenges and propose policy measures to upscale the adoption of CSA technologies in these countries using participatory research conducted with the key stakeholders in these countries. The participatory research provided valuable insights, revealing critical policy and institutional barriers, and providing a basis for framing strategies and policy solutions to facilitate wider adoption of CSA technologies in the region. 2024-10-08 2024-10-08T20:19:51Z 2024-10-08T20:19:51Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155261 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kapoor, Shreya; Sma, Abdelkarim; Pathak, Himanshu; and Pradhan, Mamata. 2024. Farming for the future: Prioritization of climate-smart agriculture technologies in SAARC countries. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2285. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155261
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Kapoor, Shreya
Sma, Abdelkarim
Pathak, Himanshu
Pradhan, Mamata
Farming for the future: Prioritization of climate-smart agriculture technologies in SAARC countries
title Farming for the future: Prioritization of climate-smart agriculture technologies in SAARC countries
title_full Farming for the future: Prioritization of climate-smart agriculture technologies in SAARC countries
title_fullStr Farming for the future: Prioritization of climate-smart agriculture technologies in SAARC countries
title_full_unstemmed Farming for the future: Prioritization of climate-smart agriculture technologies in SAARC countries
title_short Farming for the future: Prioritization of climate-smart agriculture technologies in SAARC countries
title_sort farming for the future prioritization of climate smart agriculture technologies in saarc countries
topic climate change
climate-smart agriculture
prioritization
scaling up
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155261
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