Transitioning towards climatesmart agriculture csa is currently promoted by key international organisations as an obligatory task to ensure food supply for an anticipated 9 billion people. For example, certified farms have long been required to have shade trees, which buf. Practicebrief climatesmart agriculture local experiences with ca changes in yields and soil carbon under ca depend on soil characteristics, climate, initial yield levels, and how ca principles are adapted to particular farming systems. This new concept now dominates current discussions in agricultural development because of its capacity to unite the agendas of the agriculture, development and climate change communities under one brand. Nationally determined contribution to promote climate adapted crop and livestock development and climate smart agricultural practices. This section introduces a range of climatesmart agriculture csa practices and technologies within seven entry points for csa. Climate smart agriculture is an integrative approach to address the interlinked challenges of food security and climate change with specific objectives in mind. Georges, th june 2016 the ministry of agriculture and the german agency for international cooperation giz launched the second phase training of the capacity development and dissemination programme for climatesmart agriculture csa. Practices are understood broadly as ways of doing things, for example, precision. Introduction for over 50 years usaid has pushed the frontiers of innovation to develop, test and advance best practices in agriculture and rural development. World agroforestry transforming lives and landscapes with trees. More productive and resilient agriculture requires a major shift in the way water, soil, nutrients and other agricultural resources are managed. Like the phrase sustainable agriculture, it is not universally defined, and it is used to mean many things to many. Why climate smart agriculture, fisheries and forestry 3 overview agriculture has to address simultaneously three intertwined challenges.
National climatesmart agriculture and food security action. This briefly defines climate smart agriculture and summarizes good practices. Practices that can reduce some of the causes of climate change decrease greenhouse gases to avoid contributing to further changes in the climate. This seminar describe an approach to deal with the above issue viz. As we look to how climate smart agriculture is defined internationally, where the term was coined, there is much to embrace with csas emphasis on agroecology principles and an ecosystems approach, practices tailored to local conditions and landscape scale efforts, reliance on existing knowledge, the imperative for institutional and financial. Policies, practices and financing for food security, adaptation and mitigation. Practicebrief climate smart agriculture local experiences with ca changes in yields and soil carbon under ca depend on soil characteristics, climate, initial yield levels, and how ca principles are adapted to particular farming systems. Their lives and livelihoods are directly affected by its impacts, and they are also vital to implementing many of the solutions we need to help prevent it. You might wonder how this concept translates into real life. Secondly, we need to adapt to changing times and climate and practise agriculture in ways that complement these changes. Resilient potatoes for a better life in lushoto, tanzania youtube. The series follows on from a highly successful global science conference on climate smart agriculture investigating the need for an emphasis on climate smart agriculture, whereby practices are better able to balance natural resource use and food production.
Climatesmart agriculture sourcebook food and agriculture. Preparing smallholder farm families to adapt to climate change is a set of five complementary guides. Extension practice for agricultural adaptation 1 part 1 introduction 1. Apr 12, 20 the series follows on from a highly successful global science conference on climate smart agriculture investigating the need for an emphasis on climate smart agriculture, whereby practices are better able to balance natural resource use and food production. Agriculture is considered to be climatesmart when it contributes to increasing food security, adaptation and mitigation in a sustainable way. Cooper p j m, cappiello s, vermeulen s j, campbell b m, zougmore r and kinyangi j. Climatesmart agriculture csa is an alternative approach to managing land sustainably while increasing agricultural productivity. Climatesmart landscapes operate on the principles of integrated landscape management, while explicitly incorporating adaptation. At the same time climate change is already negatively impacting. Climate smart agriculture csa is an integrative approach to address these interlinked challenges of food security and climate change, that explicitly aims for three objectives.
Climatesmart agriculture contributes to a crosscutting range of development goals. Introduction for over 50 years usaid has pushed the frontiers of innovation to develop, test and advance best practices in. Climatesmart agriculture manual climate technology centre. The world must adapt to the changing climate to prevent more people from falling into poverty. It is an approach for transforming and reorienting agricultural development under the new realities of climate change with a collective aim of achieving national food security and. Climatesmart agriculture to ensure a food secure future. Training in climate smart agriculture at the higher institutions of learning will create awareness, provide knowledge and management skills, disseminate and replicate best practices on climate smart agriculture adaptation and mitigation approaches for improved agricultural yieldsproduction and improved quality of living.
Climate smart agriculture training caribbean press release. Developing climatesmart agriculture is thus crucial to achieving future food security and climate change goals. Climate smart agriculture csa and also examines some of the key technical, institutional, policy and financial responses required to achieve this transformation. It aims to achieve food security and broader development goals under a changing climate and increasing food demand. Targeting and prioritization approaches narrow an extensive list of possible practices, services, and policies down to a range of bestbet options that can be scaled out, and which may serve to attract investment and funding.
May 12, 2016 climatesmart agriculture encompasses virtually any agricultural practice although in principle only agricultural practices that encompass all components of csa should be branded as climatesmart, the term has been used very liberally because it is unclear how the different dimensions interact. Productivity, adaptation and mitigation are the pillars of climate smart agriculture. This section introduces a range of climate smart agriculture csa practices and technologies within seven entry points for csa. Climate mitigation and adaptation technologies can e manifold and. Climate smart agriculture contributes to a crosscutting range of development goals. This publication aims to inspire farmers, researchers, business leaders, policy. And international climate efforts include the uns work on support climate smart agricultural practices. Aug 28, 2012 for agricultural systems to achieve climatesmart objectives, including improved food security and rural livelihoods as well as climate change adaptation and mitigation, they often need to be take a landscape approach. According to the original definition, climatesmart agriculture sustainably increases. Giz implements phase two of climate smart agriculture training.
Department of agriculture has a climate smart agriculture initiative. Climatesmart agriculture food and agriculture organization of. Climate smart agriculture has only recently been explicitly named in the sustainable agriculture network san standard. A rapidly growing population is causing the demand for food to swell quickly, but the vulnerability of agriculture to climate change is making it even more difficult for crop. Linking participatory action research to social learning. Why climatesmart agriculture, fisheries and forestry 5 1. Implementing climate smart agriculture with csa 101 online guide climate smart agriculture 101 gateway will help you get started to plan your food productivity, to support equitable increases in your farm incomes, food security and development, and guide you right through to implementation on the ground, connecting you with all the resources. Programs and practices climate smart agriculture is the concept of increasing sustainable development of farming and ensuring food security for all.
National climatesmart agriculture and food security. Climate smart agriculture and sustainable intensification. The role of climatesmart agriculture in addressing land. Climate smart agriculture csa helps address a number of important challenges 1.
View all 397 partners working on climate smart technologies and practices. Pdf climate smart agriculture csa can be defined as sustainably increasing. Pdf climatesmart agriculture guideline researchgate. Climate smart agriculture includes proven practical techniques ut also innovative practices. Climatesmart agriculture success stories from farming communities around the world download a more detailed analysis of the success stories. Australian farmers too are benefiting from carbon credits earned through practices such as reforestation or revegetation which reduce greenhouse gas emissions andor sequester carbon. Research results from mexico, india, malawi and zambia, give an idea of what effects can be expected.
Summary of climatesmart agriculture in the 2017 san sustainable agriculture standard september 2016 233 broadway, 28th floor new york, ny 102792899 tel. As a country, we need to enhance our agricultural productivity by adopting various modern and climate agriculture practices. Climatesmart agriculture is the concept of increasing sustainable development of farming and ensuring food security for all. The three pillars of climate smart agriculture as you saw, in the previous step, csa is based on three principles. Climatesmart agriculture is a pathway towards development and food security built on three pillars.
The paper argues that there is a real risk with the current concept of climatesmart agriculture as. Developing indicators for climatesmart agriculture csa. Implementing climatesmart agriculture with csa 101 online. Pdf in recognition of the climatesmart agriculture csa potential to. Csa addresses food security, misdistribution and malnutrition. Implementing climatesmart agriculture with csa 101 online guide. Nitrous oxide is also emitted during the breakdown of nitrogen in livestock manure and urine. With many of the resources needed for sustainable food security already stretched, the food security challenges are huge. Aug 30, 20 agriculture is considered to be climatesmart when it contributes to increasing food security, adaptation and mitigation in a sustainable way.
Climatesmart agriculture in action more than a billion farmers and their families around the world are on the front line of climate change. May 16, 2017 climate smart agriculture to ensure a food secure future. Climatesmart agriculture in uruguay climatesmart agriculture csa considerations t he climatesmart agriculture csa concept reflects an ambition to improve the integration of agriculture development and climate responsiveness. National climatesmart agriculture and food security action plan of ghana 20162020 preface this policy document national climatesmart agriculture and food security action plan is produced on the conviction that climatesmart agricultural practices, the bedrock of food security should be deliberately programmed. Worl agroorestr enter ca climate smart agriculture 3 farmers need to respond to change including climate. Past investment in promoting agricultural growth is showing significant benefits as crop yields have been increasing, but further for improvements research wideand scale adoption of improvedfarm management practices are needed to accelerate the pace of change. Climate smart agriculture is a pathway towards development and food security built on three pillars. Isotopic techniques can track and quantify carbon, water and nutrient movement and their dynamics under diverse agroecosystems to. Impacts of climate change on agriculture climate change is suspected of having already significantly impacted agriculture lobell et al, 2011 and is expected to further impact directly and indirectly food production. For aquaculture, broader changes in hydrological conditions and seasonal changes in temperature, ph, salinity, and ecosystem health are all expected to change productivity and increase risks, and might require some production to be relocated. Below are the links to the authors original submitted files for images.
Traditional and newly introduced practices can help farmers cope with both current climate variability and. Increasing the adoption and sustained use of crop, livestock and mixed farming system practices and technologies that both respond to climate change and reduce. The concepts, information and practices in these guides are. From climatesmart agriculture to climatesmart landscapes. Climate smart agriculture information brief march 2017 climate smart agriculture 1 including crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry. Adapting to climate change requires adjusting agriculture practices to meet changing and more difficult environmental conditions. But san certification historically promoted uptake of practices now considered climate smart. Extension practice for agricultural adaptation managing crops. Ccafs research on climatesmart technologies and practices addresses the challenge of how to transition to a climatesmart agriculture csa at a large scale for enabling agricultural systems to be transformed and reoriented to support food security under the new realities of climate change. Adaptation of agroecosystems to climate change in ghana aaescc the agricultural sector forms the backbone of the ghanaian economy and provides a livelihood for the vast majority of the population. Despite the attention paid to agricultural development and food security over the past decades, there are still about 800 million undernourished and 1 billion malnourished people in the world. The objective of the csa dissemination programme is to disseminate knowledge on csa.
Climatesmart agriculture describes agricultural practices which contribute to increasing. Csa packages of technologies and practices in the study. Summary of climatesmart agriculture in the 2017 san. Pocket guide 1 extension practice for agricultural adaptation. The country faces a challenge in adapting its agriculture education and farmer training component to climatesmart technologies, that is, climatesmart agriculture.
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