Agricultural biodiversity in climate change adaptation planning
Climate change is one of the biggest threats to food production worldwide. Recently, an increasing number of initiatives have embraced the concept of climate smart agriculture to respond to climate change adaptation and mitigation challenges. A central component of this approach is the use of agricu...
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European Center of Sustainable Development
2017
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| author | Bedmar Villanueva, Ana Halewood, Michael López Noriega, Isabel |
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| description | Climate change is one of the biggest threats to food production worldwide. Recently, an increasing number of initiatives have embraced the concept of climate smart agriculture to respond to climate change adaptation and mitigation challenges. A central component of this approach is the use of agricultural biodiversity at the genetic, species and ecosystem levels for increasing productivity, adaptability and resilience of agricultural production systems. This paper analyses the extent to which the use of agricultural biodiversity is included in the National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) developed by 50 least developed countries to guide their actions in relation to climate adaptation. The results of the analyses indicate that in the majority of the NAPAs, agricultural biodiversity has not been incorporated in a comprehensive manner and that increased efforts can be done at national and international levels for effectively making agricultural biodiversity work for most vulnerable countries’ adaptation to climate change. |
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| spelling | CGSpace814712025-11-12T05:43:30Z Agricultural biodiversity in climate change adaptation planning Bedmar Villanueva, Ana Halewood, Michael López Noriega, Isabel agrobiodiversity smallholders climate change climate change adaptation developing countries Climate change is one of the biggest threats to food production worldwide. Recently, an increasing number of initiatives have embraced the concept of climate smart agriculture to respond to climate change adaptation and mitigation challenges. A central component of this approach is the use of agricultural biodiversity at the genetic, species and ecosystem levels for increasing productivity, adaptability and resilience of agricultural production systems. This paper analyses the extent to which the use of agricultural biodiversity is included in the National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) developed by 50 least developed countries to guide their actions in relation to climate adaptation. The results of the analyses indicate that in the majority of the NAPAs, agricultural biodiversity has not been incorporated in a comprehensive manner and that increased efforts can be done at national and international levels for effectively making agricultural biodiversity work for most vulnerable countries’ adaptation to climate change. 2017-05-01 2017-06-07T08:40:32Z 2017-06-07T08:40:32Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81471 en Open Access application/pdf European Center of Sustainable Development Bedmar Villanueva, A.; Halewood, M.; Lopez Noriega, I. (2017) Agricultural biodiversity in climate change adaptation planning. European Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol. 6(2) p. 1-8 ISSN: 2239-5938 |
| spellingShingle | agrobiodiversity smallholders climate change climate change adaptation developing countries Bedmar Villanueva, Ana Halewood, Michael López Noriega, Isabel Agricultural biodiversity in climate change adaptation planning |
| title | Agricultural biodiversity in climate change adaptation planning |
| title_full | Agricultural biodiversity in climate change adaptation planning |
| title_fullStr | Agricultural biodiversity in climate change adaptation planning |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agricultural biodiversity in climate change adaptation planning |
| title_short | Agricultural biodiversity in climate change adaptation planning |
| title_sort | agricultural biodiversity in climate change adaptation planning |
| topic | agrobiodiversity smallholders climate change climate change adaptation developing countries |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81471 |
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