Can climate-smart agriculture projects be leveraged for peacebuilding? Lessons from Kaffrine, Senegal
Climate-smart agriculture can boost harvests, but can it also spark community tensions? In Kaffrine, Senegal, 90% of farmers saw higher yields under the Climate-Smart Village model. Yet youths felt sidelined, smallholders feared resource capture, and 92% demanded stronger institutions. A new Guida...
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2025
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179966 |
| Summary: | Climate-smart agriculture can boost harvests, but can it also spark community tensions? In Kaffrine, Senegal, 90% of farmers saw higher yields under the Climate-Smart Village model. Yet youths felt sidelined, smallholders feared resource capture, and 92% demanded stronger institutions.
A new Guidance Note from CGIAR Climate Security explores these dynamics and introduces the CSV+ approach, which blends climate innovation with conflict sensitivity. Climate adaptation must be conflict-sensitive, or we risk trading resilience for resentment. |
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