Agricultural diversification as an adaptation strategy

The role of agricultural biodiversity for sustaining ecosystem services crucial for food and agriculture becomes particularly relevant in the face of climate change, and has been widely recognised as a central part of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) since the concept was first launched in 2010. The...

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Autores principales: López Noriega, Isabel, Dawson, Ian K., Vernooy, Ronnie, Köhler-Rollefson, Ilse, Halewood, Michael
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81378
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author López Noriega, Isabel
Dawson, Ian K.
Vernooy, Ronnie
Köhler-Rollefson, Ilse
Halewood, Michael
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Halewood, Michael
Köhler-Rollefson, Ilse
López Noriega, Isabel
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Dawson, Ian K.
Vernooy, Ronnie
Köhler-Rollefson, Ilse
Halewood, Michael
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description The role of agricultural biodiversity for sustaining ecosystem services crucial for food and agriculture becomes particularly relevant in the face of climate change, and has been widely recognised as a central part of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) since the concept was first launched in 2010. The utilisation of agricultural biodiversity in risk reduction and climate adaptation strategies has continued to attract attention, particularly as a component of micro-level strategies oriented towards diversification of production on farm, and land management measures aiming to improve resilience at landscape scale. Despite ample evidence of the value of agricultural biodiversity (including genetic resources) in climate change adaptation, the scalability of biodiversity-based measures is limited as they are often context specific and may have a lower relative value when compared to other options. Public policies can also play an important role in facilitating or hindering the adoption and spread of measures based on agricultural biodiversity.
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spelling CGSpace813782025-11-12T05:43:54Z Agricultural diversification as an adaptation strategy López Noriega, Isabel Dawson, Ian K. Vernooy, Ronnie Köhler-Rollefson, Ilse Halewood, Michael food security climate change agriculture climate-smart agriculture The role of agricultural biodiversity for sustaining ecosystem services crucial for food and agriculture becomes particularly relevant in the face of climate change, and has been widely recognised as a central part of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) since the concept was first launched in 2010. The utilisation of agricultural biodiversity in risk reduction and climate adaptation strategies has continued to attract attention, particularly as a component of micro-level strategies oriented towards diversification of production on farm, and land management measures aiming to improve resilience at landscape scale. Despite ample evidence of the value of agricultural biodiversity (including genetic resources) in climate change adaptation, the scalability of biodiversity-based measures is limited as they are often context specific and may have a lower relative value when compared to other options. Public policies can also play an important role in facilitating or hindering the adoption and spread of measures based on agricultural biodiversity. 2017-06-06 2017-06-06T13:32:43Z 2017-06-06T13:32:43Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81378 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81017 Limited Access application/pdf López Noriega I, Dawson IK, Vernooy R, Köhler-Rollefson I, Halewood M. 2017. Agricultural diversification as an adaptation strategy. Agriculture for Development 30:25-28.
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climate change
agriculture
climate-smart agriculture
López Noriega, Isabel
Dawson, Ian K.
Vernooy, Ronnie
Köhler-Rollefson, Ilse
Halewood, Michael
Agricultural diversification as an adaptation strategy
title Agricultural diversification as an adaptation strategy
title_full Agricultural diversification as an adaptation strategy
title_fullStr Agricultural diversification as an adaptation strategy
title_full_unstemmed Agricultural diversification as an adaptation strategy
title_short Agricultural diversification as an adaptation strategy
title_sort agricultural diversification as an adaptation strategy
topic food security
climate change
agriculture
climate-smart agriculture
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81378
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