The climate-smart agriculture implementer

The rapid pace of climate change, and its impact on global food security, means a greater sense of urgency needs to be applied to putting adaption and mitigation measures in place. • Scientific experts and farmers in Asia face a communication gap which prevents the sustainable scaling out and adopti...

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Autores principales: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Formato: Software
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68695
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Sumario:The rapid pace of climate change, and its impact on global food security, means a greater sense of urgency needs to be applied to putting adaption and mitigation measures in place. • Scientific experts and farmers in Asia face a communication gap which prevents the sustainable scaling out and adoption of climate-smart agricultural technologies and practices. • The CSA Implementer is a mobile phone application which uses crowdsourcing to bridge the communication gap between farmers and experts with the aim of fast-tracking CSA adoption.