A framework for priority-setting in climate smart agriculture research

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is widely promoted as an approach for reorienting agricultural development under the realities of climate change. Prioritising research-for-development activities is crucial, given the need to utilise scarce resources as effectively as possible. However, no framework...

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Main Authors: Thornton, Philip K., Whitbread, Anthony M., Baedeker, Tobias, Cairns, Jill E., Claessens, Lieven, Baethgen, Walter E., Bunn, Christian, Friedmann, Michael, Giller, Kenneth E., Herrero, Mario, Howden, Mark, Kilcline, Kevin, Nangia, Vinay, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Kumar, Shalander, West, Paul C., Keating, Brian
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/97614
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author Thornton, Philip K.
Whitbread, Anthony M.
Baedeker, Tobias
Cairns, Jill E.
Claessens, Lieven
Baethgen, Walter E.
Bunn, Christian
Friedmann, Michael
Giller, Kenneth E.
Herrero, Mario
Howden, Mark
Kilcline, Kevin
Nangia, Vinay
Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando
Kumar, Shalander
West, Paul C.
Keating, Brian
author_browse Baedeker, Tobias
Baethgen, Walter E.
Bunn, Christian
Cairns, Jill E.
Claessens, Lieven
Friedmann, Michael
Giller, Kenneth E.
Herrero, Mario
Howden, Mark
Keating, Brian
Kilcline, Kevin
Kumar, Shalander
Nangia, Vinay
Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando
Thornton, Philip K.
West, Paul C.
Whitbread, Anthony M.
author_facet Thornton, Philip K.
Whitbread, Anthony M.
Baedeker, Tobias
Cairns, Jill E.
Claessens, Lieven
Baethgen, Walter E.
Bunn, Christian
Friedmann, Michael
Giller, Kenneth E.
Herrero, Mario
Howden, Mark
Kilcline, Kevin
Nangia, Vinay
Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando
Kumar, Shalander
West, Paul C.
Keating, Brian
author_sort Thornton, Philip K.
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is widely promoted as an approach for reorienting agricultural development under the realities of climate change. Prioritising research-for-development activities is crucial, given the need to utilise scarce resources as effectively as possible. However, no framework exists for assessing and comparing different CSA research investments. Several aspects make it challenging to prioritise CSA research, including its multi-dimensional nature (productivity, adaptation and mitigation), the uncertainty surrounding many climate impacts, and the scale and temporal dependencies that may affect the benefits and costs of CSA adoption. Here we propose a framework for prioritising agricultural research investments across scales and review different approaches to setting priorities among agricultural research projects. Many priority-setting case studies address the short- to medium-term and at relatively local scales. We suggest that a mix of actions that span spatial and temporal time scales is needed to be adaptive to a changing climate, address immediate problems and create enabling conditions for enduring change.
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spelling CGSpace976142025-02-20T11:27:32Z A framework for priority-setting in climate smart agriculture research Thornton, Philip K. Whitbread, Anthony M. Baedeker, Tobias Cairns, Jill E. Claessens, Lieven Baethgen, Walter E. Bunn, Christian Friedmann, Michael Giller, Kenneth E. Herrero, Mario Howden, Mark Kilcline, Kevin Nangia, Vinay Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando Kumar, Shalander West, Paul C. Keating, Brian climate change agriculture food security adaptation climate-smart agriculture agricultura climáticamente inteligente climate change mitigation Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is widely promoted as an approach for reorienting agricultural development under the realities of climate change. Prioritising research-for-development activities is crucial, given the need to utilise scarce resources as effectively as possible. However, no framework exists for assessing and comparing different CSA research investments. Several aspects make it challenging to prioritise CSA research, including its multi-dimensional nature (productivity, adaptation and mitigation), the uncertainty surrounding many climate impacts, and the scale and temporal dependencies that may affect the benefits and costs of CSA adoption. Here we propose a framework for prioritising agricultural research investments across scales and review different approaches to setting priorities among agricultural research projects. Many priority-setting case studies address the short- to medium-term and at relatively local scales. We suggest that a mix of actions that span spatial and temporal time scales is needed to be adaptive to a changing climate, address immediate problems and create enabling conditions for enduring change. 2018-10-05 2018-10-09T19:29:28Z 2018-10-09T19:29:28Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/97614 en Open Access Elsevier Thornton PK, Whitbread A, Baedeker T, Cairns J, Claessens L, Baethgen W, Bunn C, Friedmann M, Giller KE, Herrero M, Howden M, Kilcline K, Nangia V, Ramirez-Villegas J, Kumar S, West PC, Keating B. 2018. A framework for priority-setting in climate smart agriculture research. Agricultural Systems 167:161-175.
spellingShingle climate change
agriculture
food security
adaptation
climate-smart agriculture
agricultura climáticamente inteligente
climate change mitigation
Thornton, Philip K.
Whitbread, Anthony M.
Baedeker, Tobias
Cairns, Jill E.
Claessens, Lieven
Baethgen, Walter E.
Bunn, Christian
Friedmann, Michael
Giller, Kenneth E.
Herrero, Mario
Howden, Mark
Kilcline, Kevin
Nangia, Vinay
Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando
Kumar, Shalander
West, Paul C.
Keating, Brian
A framework for priority-setting in climate smart agriculture research
title A framework for priority-setting in climate smart agriculture research
title_full A framework for priority-setting in climate smart agriculture research
title_fullStr A framework for priority-setting in climate smart agriculture research
title_full_unstemmed A framework for priority-setting in climate smart agriculture research
title_short A framework for priority-setting in climate smart agriculture research
title_sort framework for priority setting in climate smart agriculture research
topic climate change
agriculture
food security
adaptation
climate-smart agriculture
agricultura climáticamente inteligente
climate change mitigation
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/97614
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