Climate Smart Agriculture in the African Context
Agriculture remains vital to the economy of most African countries and its development has significant implications for food security and poverty reduction in the region. Increase in agricultural production over the past decades has mainly been due to land area expansion, with very little change...
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| author | Williams, Timothy O. Mul, Marloes L. Cofie, Olufunke O. Kinyangi, James Zougmoré, Robert B. Wamukoya, George Nyasimi, Mary Mapfumo, Paul Speranza, Chinwe Ifejika Amwata, D. Frid-Nielsen, Snorre Partey, Samuel T. Girvetz, Evan Hartunian Rosenstock, Todd S. Campbell, Bruce M. |
| author_browse | Amwata, D. Campbell, Bruce M. Cofie, Olufunke O. Frid-Nielsen, Snorre Girvetz, Evan Hartunian Kinyangi, James Mapfumo, Paul Mul, Marloes L. Nyasimi, Mary Partey, Samuel T. Rosenstock, Todd S. Speranza, Chinwe Ifejika Wamukoya, George Williams, Timothy O. Zougmoré, Robert B. |
| author_facet | Williams, Timothy O. Mul, Marloes L. Cofie, Olufunke O. Kinyangi, James Zougmoré, Robert B. Wamukoya, George Nyasimi, Mary Mapfumo, Paul Speranza, Chinwe Ifejika Amwata, D. Frid-Nielsen, Snorre Partey, Samuel T. Girvetz, Evan Hartunian Rosenstock, Todd S. Campbell, Bruce M. |
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| description | Agriculture remains vital to the economy of most African countries and its development
has significant implications for food security and poverty reduction in the region. Increase
in agricultural production over the past decades has mainly been due to land area expansion,
with very little change in production techniques and limited improvement in yields.
Currently one in four people remains malnourished in Africa. CSA integrates all three dimensions of sustainable development and is aimed at (1)
sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and incomes; (2) adapting and building
resilience to climate change from the farm to national levels; and (3) developing
opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture compared with past
trends. It is an approach to identify the most suitable strategies according to national and
local priorities and conditions to meet these three objectives. There is no such thing as an
agricultural practice that is climate smart per se. Whether or not a particular practice or
production system is climate smart depends upon the particular local climatic, biophysical,
socio-economic and development context, which determines how far a particular practice
or system can deliver on productivity increase, resilience and mitigation benefits. For Africa to reap the potential benefits CSA, concrete actions must be taken to: enhance
the evidence base to underpin strategic choices, promote and facilitate wider adoption by
farmers of appropriate technologies; develop institutional arrangements to support, apply
and scale-out CSA from the farm level to the agricultural landscape level; manage tradeoffs
in perspectives of farmers and policymakers; strengthen technical, analytical and
implementation capacities; ensure policy frameworks and public investments are
supportive of CSA; develop and implement effective risk-sharing schemes. |
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| spelling | CGSpace689442025-12-02T10:59:51Z Climate Smart Agriculture in the African Context Williams, Timothy O. Mul, Marloes L. Cofie, Olufunke O. Kinyangi, James Zougmoré, Robert B. Wamukoya, George Nyasimi, Mary Mapfumo, Paul Speranza, Chinwe Ifejika Amwata, D. Frid-Nielsen, Snorre Partey, Samuel T. Girvetz, Evan Hartunian Rosenstock, Todd S. Campbell, Bruce M. food security climate change agriculture climate-smart agriculture Agriculture remains vital to the economy of most African countries and its development has significant implications for food security and poverty reduction in the region. Increase in agricultural production over the past decades has mainly been due to land area expansion, with very little change in production techniques and limited improvement in yields. Currently one in four people remains malnourished in Africa. CSA integrates all three dimensions of sustainable development and is aimed at (1) sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and incomes; (2) adapting and building resilience to climate change from the farm to national levels; and (3) developing opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture compared with past trends. It is an approach to identify the most suitable strategies according to national and local priorities and conditions to meet these three objectives. There is no such thing as an agricultural practice that is climate smart per se. Whether or not a particular practice or production system is climate smart depends upon the particular local climatic, biophysical, socio-economic and development context, which determines how far a particular practice or system can deliver on productivity increase, resilience and mitigation benefits. For Africa to reap the potential benefits CSA, concrete actions must be taken to: enhance the evidence base to underpin strategic choices, promote and facilitate wider adoption by farmers of appropriate technologies; develop institutional arrangements to support, apply and scale-out CSA from the farm level to the agricultural landscape level; manage tradeoffs in perspectives of farmers and policymakers; strengthen technical, analytical and implementation capacities; ensure policy frameworks and public investments are supportive of CSA; develop and implement effective risk-sharing schemes. 2015-11-17 2015-11-17T11:35:55Z 2015-11-17T11:35:55Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68944 en Open Access application/pdf Williams TO, Mul M, Cofie O, Kinyangi J, ZougmoreR, Wamukoya G, Nyasimi M, Mapfumo P, Speranza CI, Amwata D, Frid-Nielsen S, Partey S, Girvetz E, Rosenstock T, Campbell BM. 2015. Climate Smart Agriculture in the African Context. Background Paper. Feeding Africa Conference 21-23 October 2015. |
| spellingShingle | food security climate change agriculture climate-smart agriculture Williams, Timothy O. Mul, Marloes L. Cofie, Olufunke O. Kinyangi, James Zougmoré, Robert B. Wamukoya, George Nyasimi, Mary Mapfumo, Paul Speranza, Chinwe Ifejika Amwata, D. Frid-Nielsen, Snorre Partey, Samuel T. Girvetz, Evan Hartunian Rosenstock, Todd S. Campbell, Bruce M. Climate Smart Agriculture in the African Context |
| title | Climate Smart Agriculture in the African Context |
| title_full | Climate Smart Agriculture in the African Context |
| title_fullStr | Climate Smart Agriculture in the African Context |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate Smart Agriculture in the African Context |
| title_short | Climate Smart Agriculture in the African Context |
| title_sort | climate smart agriculture in the african context |
| topic | food security climate change agriculture climate-smart agriculture |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68944 |
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