Small-scale farmers in a 1.5 oC future: The importance of local social dynamics as an enabling factor for implementation and scaling of climate-smart agriculture

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) has the potential to help farmers implement both adaptation and mitigation practices. The mitigation aspect of CSA is often not considered by farmers due to a high discount rate and, as such, adaptation is usually the priority concern. This review article offers persp...

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Main Authors: Martínez Barón, Deissy, Orjuela, Guillermo, Renzoni, Giampiero, Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María, Prager, Steven D.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91553
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author Martínez Barón, Deissy
Orjuela, Guillermo
Renzoni, Giampiero
Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
Prager, Steven D.
author_browse Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
Martínez Barón, Deissy
Orjuela, Guillermo
Prager, Steven D.
Renzoni, Giampiero
author_facet Martínez Barón, Deissy
Orjuela, Guillermo
Renzoni, Giampiero
Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
Prager, Steven D.
author_sort Martínez Barón, Deissy
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) has the potential to help farmers implement both adaptation and mitigation practices. The mitigation aspect of CSA is often not considered by farmers due to a high discount rate and, as such, adaptation is usually the priority concern. This review article offers perspective on this issue and highlights two key gaps in the literature: (i) understanding of factors related to the uptake of adaptation practices with co-benefits for mitigation and, (ii) the role of social networks to better enable rapid, widespread implementation of CSA, the latter being critical to bringing CSA to scale. The systematic review treated literature on synergies between adaptation, mitigation and social networks in the rural sector, as well as case studies illustrating the importance of social networks in climate change interventions when addressing synergies in adaptation and mitigation. We find that additional research is required that explicitly focuses on how social networks and social capital may be harnessed to hasten the adoption and uptake of highly synergistic CSA practices. This will facilitate both adaptation in the near term and contribute to mitigation at scale, allowing small-scale farmers to both benefit from and contribute to a 1.5°C future.
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spelling CGSpace915532025-03-13T09:45:34Z Small-scale farmers in a 1.5 oC future: The importance of local social dynamics as an enabling factor for implementation and scaling of climate-smart agriculture Martínez Barón, Deissy Orjuela, Guillermo Renzoni, Giampiero Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María Prager, Steven D. climate-smart agriculture synergy agricultura climáticamente inteligente sinergia smallholders climate change cambio climático social networks social capital capital social Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) has the potential to help farmers implement both adaptation and mitigation practices. The mitigation aspect of CSA is often not considered by farmers due to a high discount rate and, as such, adaptation is usually the priority concern. This review article offers perspective on this issue and highlights two key gaps in the literature: (i) understanding of factors related to the uptake of adaptation practices with co-benefits for mitigation and, (ii) the role of social networks to better enable rapid, widespread implementation of CSA, the latter being critical to bringing CSA to scale. The systematic review treated literature on synergies between adaptation, mitigation and social networks in the rural sector, as well as case studies illustrating the importance of social networks in climate change interventions when addressing synergies in adaptation and mitigation. We find that additional research is required that explicitly focuses on how social networks and social capital may be harnessed to hasten the adoption and uptake of highly synergistic CSA practices. This will facilitate both adaptation in the near term and contribute to mitigation at scale, allowing small-scale farmers to both benefit from and contribute to a 1.5°C future. 2018-04 2018-03-09T17:49:13Z 2018-03-09T17:49:13Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91553 en Open Access Elsevier Martinez Baron, Deissy; Orjuela, Guillermo; Renzoni, Giampiero; Loboguerrero Rodríguez, Ana María; Prager, Steven D.. 2018. Small-scale farmers in a 1.5oC future: The importance of local social dynamics as an enabling factor for implementation and scaling of climate-smart agriculture . Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 31: 112-119.
spellingShingle climate-smart agriculture
synergy
agricultura climáticamente inteligente
sinergia
smallholders
climate change
cambio climático
social networks
social capital
capital social
Martínez Barón, Deissy
Orjuela, Guillermo
Renzoni, Giampiero
Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
Prager, Steven D.
Small-scale farmers in a 1.5 oC future: The importance of local social dynamics as an enabling factor for implementation and scaling of climate-smart agriculture
title Small-scale farmers in a 1.5 oC future: The importance of local social dynamics as an enabling factor for implementation and scaling of climate-smart agriculture
title_full Small-scale farmers in a 1.5 oC future: The importance of local social dynamics as an enabling factor for implementation and scaling of climate-smart agriculture
title_fullStr Small-scale farmers in a 1.5 oC future: The importance of local social dynamics as an enabling factor for implementation and scaling of climate-smart agriculture
title_full_unstemmed Small-scale farmers in a 1.5 oC future: The importance of local social dynamics as an enabling factor for implementation and scaling of climate-smart agriculture
title_short Small-scale farmers in a 1.5 oC future: The importance of local social dynamics as an enabling factor for implementation and scaling of climate-smart agriculture
title_sort small scale farmers in a 1 5 oc future the importance of local social dynamics as an enabling factor for implementation and scaling of climate smart agriculture
topic climate-smart agriculture
synergy
agricultura climáticamente inteligente
sinergia
smallholders
climate change
cambio climático
social networks
social capital
capital social
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91553
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