Effects of climate chang e will be more pressing in the future. For african countries, climate change adaptation is considered to be more important than. We thank everyone who contributed to its richness and multidisciplinary outlook. Climate smart agriculture in the eastern caribbean states. Rome, apr 28 2017 ips as part of efforts to move towards climatesmart agriculture, several countries have shared in a meeting in rome new experiences on how to produce food in ways. In addition to providing specific goals and results of the many actions that usda. Ways to increase agricultural productivity sustainably practices that protect the environment and reduce poverty.
The quick and easytoread climatesmart agriculture csa country profiles, developed by ciat and ccafs, in partnership with the world bank, costa ricas catie, and usaid, give an overview of the agricultural challenges in 12 countries, and how csa can help them adapt to and mitigate climate change. Making climate smart agriculture operational will rely on our ability to measure production, resilience, and emissions in a way that informs decision makers about the policies, technologies, and practices that most effectively promotes each. Combining three different hydroponics designs, this system. Jun 08, 2016 climatesmart agriculture describes agricultural practices which contribute to increasing farm productivity and incomes, building greater resilience, and minimising agricultures. This is especially true for the agricultural sector, where many practices can both. The micca programme envisages that successful promotion of. It emphasizes that climatesmart agriculture seeks to increase productivity in an environmentally and socially sustainable. Pdf climate smart agriculture csa can be defined as sustainably increasing agricultural productivity. Climatesmart agriculture csa is an integrative approach to address these interlinked challenges of food security and climate change, that explicitly aims for three objectives. Knowledge, learning and capacity development for climatesmart agriculture lead authors. Climate smart agriculture information brief march 2017 climate smart agriculture 1 including crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry. This briefly defines climate smart agriculture and summarizes good practices. The world must adapt to the changing climate to prevent more people from falling into poverty.
There is by now substantial consensus within the development community over the need for a more climate smart agriculture, which consists of three. National climatesmart agriculture and food security. Climate smart agriculture is a pathway towards development and food security built on three pillars. Testing a new model combining microfinance and farmer training to upscale the adoption of climate smart agriculture practices by smallscale farmers in developing countries applying an innovative. Hutchinson, is encouraging farmers to practise climatesmart agriculture csa, to help grow.
The amount of annual investment needed to adapt agriculture to climate change is comparatively low, as the expenditure required to counteract the negative impacts of climate change on nutrition are. Hutchinson, is encouraging farmers to practise climate smart agriculture csa, to help grow the sector in a sustainable way. The paper argues that there is a real risk with the current concept of climatesmart agriculture as. The work was led by ademola braimoh, who developed the concepts and provided overall guidance to the team. Climatesmart agriculture a forwardlooking perspective. Summary of climatesmart agriculture in the 2017 san. How san responded to climate change historically climate smart agriculture has only recently been explicitly named in the sustainable agriculture network san standard.
Apr 03, 2017 developing climate smart agriculture is thus crucial to achieving future food security and climate change goals. Marimuthu3 1department of agronomy, uahs, shivamogga 577204, karnataka, india 2college of horticulture, mudigere, karnataka, india 3department of agronomy, tnau, coimbatore, tamil nadu, india. Fao success stories on climatesmart agriculture biopasos. Practices are understood broadly as ways of doing things, for example. More productive and more resilient agriculture requires a major shift in the way land and water are managed to ensure that these resources are used more efficiently. Fao, ministry of agriculture, livestock and fisheries state department of agriculture. An approach towards making agriculture production systems climate resilient, within the participatory watershed development context 12. We help member states apply nuclear and related techniques to sustainably increase agricultural productivity, adapt and build resilience of agricultural and food security systems to climate. Agriculture and food systems must improve and ensure food security, and to do so they need to adapt to climate change and natural resource pressures, and contribute to mitigating climate change. The climate smart agriculture csa concept reflects an ambition to improve the integration of agriculture development and climate responsiveness. Climatesmart agriculture describes agricultural practices which contribute to increasing farm productivity and incomes, building greater resilience, and minimising agricultures. Pocket guide 1 extension practice for agricultural adaptation. Agriculture secretary vilsack announces climate smart.
Climatesmart agriculture is making a difference world. Climatesmart agriculture practices such as intercropping with legumes, mulching, crop rotation, greater crop diversity and improving storage and processing, and improved feeding strategies, rotational. Pdf climatesmart agriculture guideline researchgate. Developing a climatesmart agriculture manual for agriculture.
For example, certified farms have long been required to have shade trees, which buf. The programme focusses on gradual transformation of agricultural productivity through implementation of climate smart agricultural policies and practices fao, 2012. In this section, the focus will be on how crop specific innovations can substantially contribute to climatesmart agriculture csa. A climatesmart framework we need to do adaptive management to move to safe spaces. Food and agriculture organization of the united nations. 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.
Towards resilient agriculture in a changing climate scenario. Climatesmart agriculture indicators english the world bank. We help member states apply nuclear and related techniques to sustainably increase agricultural productivity, adapt and build resilience of agricultural and food security systems to climate change, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture, taking into account national and local specificities and priorities. Climatesmart practices crop management livestock management soil and. Each guidance document is screened in the annex, using.
Review on smart practices and technologies for climate. Climatesmart agriculture csa sourcebook launched in. Section 2 scans the major guidance document on resilience and climatesmart agriculture. Climatesmart agriculture indicators ix this report drew from contributions from a range of experts working on agriculture food security and climate change.
Climatesmart agricultural practices do already exist in standards. This where the concept of climate smart agriculture csa comes to focus. 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. 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. Climatesmart technologies and practices 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. Fao success stories on climatesmart agriculture food and. Climatesmart agriculture indicators english the world. Climate smart agriculture african development bank. This can only happen if existing examples of energy smart food systems can be scaled up significantly. It aims to achieve food security and broader development. Climatesmart agriculture csa may be defined as an approach for transforming and reorienting agricultural development under the new realities of climate change lipper et al. Making climate smart agriculture operational will rely on our ability to measure production, resilience, and emissions in a way that informs decision makers about the policies, technologies, and practices that.
Practices that can reduce some of the causes of climate change. Claudia hiepe unwdpc, patrick kalas fao contributing authors. This publication is also available in electronic pdf format from the institutes. Department of agriculture has a climate smart agriculture initiative. We use panel data from the rural incomes and livelihoods surveys merged. Climate smart agriculture csa and also examines some of the key technical, institutional, policy and financial responses required to achieve this transformation. Climatesmart agriculture from tanzania to vietnam inter.
Food and agriculture organization fao has pledged to improve the way we manage agricultural systems and natural. The three pillars of climate smart agriculture as you saw, in the previous step, csa is based on three principles. Climate smart agriculture practices such as intercropping with legumes, mulching, crop rotation, greater crop diversity and improving storage and processing, and improved feeding strategies, rotational grazing, grassland restoration, integrated crop and livestock, and manure management have significant benefits to sustainable agriculture and. National climatesmart agriculture and food security action. Fao kenya, 2015 climate smart agriculture in kenya.
This section introduces a range of climatesmart agriculture csa practices and technologies within seven entry points for csa. Resilient potatoes for a better life in lushoto, tanzania youtube. 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. It involves pursuing sustainable productivity increases while implementing climate adaptation strategies and reducing greenhouse gas emissions where possible, to achieve food security in the face of increasing climate change.
It aims to achieve food security and broader development goals under a changing climate and increasing food demand. The world must adapt to the changing climate to prevent more. Climate smart practices crop management livestock management soil and water management agroforestry integrated food energy systems 21. Climate smart agriculture csa can be defined as sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and incomes, adapting and building resilience to climate change and reducing greenhouse gases. Testing a new model combining microfinance and farmer training to upscale the adoption of climatesmart agriculture practices by smallscale farmers in developing countries applying an innovative. Section 2 scans the major guidance document on resilience and climate smart agriculture. The principles of climate smart agriculture practices that sustainably increase the productivity and resilience of the agricultural system while reducing greenhouse gas emissions are integrated into. 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. Theoretical conception of climatesmart agriculture econstor.
Farmers encouraged to practise climatesmart agriculture. Csa initiatives sustainably increase productivity, enhance resilience, and reduce. Using integrated adaptation responses that combine indigenous knowledge from the elderly with. Pdf in recognition of the climatesmart agriculture csa potential to. Farming practices for individual farm families and communities to improve their resilience to climate change. Linking participatory action research to social learning. Csa country profiles for africa, asia, and latin america and the caribbean series. There is by now substantial consensus within the development community over the need for a more climate smart agriculture, which consists of three defining principles. Climatesmart agriculture sourcebook food and agriculture. Practices to sustainably manage land and water include a broad range.
The quick and easytoread climatesmart agriculture csa country profiles, developed by ciat and ccafs, in partnership with the world bank, costa ricas catie, and usaid, give an overview of the. Aug 28, 2012 an assessment of climate change dynamics related to agriculture suggests that three key features characterize a climate smart landscape. Conservation agriculture overview of conservation agriculture conservation agriculture is an approach to agricultural management based on three principles. You may have been hearing the phrase climate smart agriculture more lately. Practices climatesmart agriculture food and agriculture. Climate smart agriculture is an approach aimed at transforming food systems. Climatesmart agriculture success stories food tank. View all 397 partners working on climatesmart technologies.
View all 397 partners working on climate smart technologies and practices. Development to carry out a scoping study on climate smart agriculture in the. The climatesmart agriculture csa concept reflects an ambition to improve the integration of agriculture development and climate responsiveness. Innovative financing mechanisms that link and blend. Land and water management land and water management is a key element of csa. The dutch government has now taken this subject to the international political arena. Practices to sustainably manage land and water include a broad range of practices and methods including soil carbon sequestration and the restoration of peatlands and degraded lands. Wellplanned agricultural systems can also produce energy sustainably without compromising food security thus contributing to the transition to climate smart agriculture. Climatesmart agriculture is a pathway towards development and food security built on three pillars. Climate smart agriculture indicators ix this report drew from contributions from a range of experts working on agriculture food security and climate change. This seminar describe an approach to deal with the above issue viz. A csa training manual for training of extension workers.
The relevance of the different csa practices for individual farmers is shaped by institutions and. Minimum soil disturbance zero tillage is ideal, but the system may involve controlled tillage in which no more than 20 to 25% of the soil surface is disturbed. Review on smart practices and technologies for climate resilient agriculture k. We examine a set of potentially climate smart agricultural practices, including. Climate smart agriculture contributes to a crosscutting range of development goals. Washington, may 12, 2016 today, agriculture secretary tom vilsack shared the first results of usda s building blocks for climate smart agriculture and forestry pdf, 11.
For agricultural systems to achieve climatesmart objectives, including improved food security and rural livelihoods as well as. Programs and practices climate smart agriculture is the concept of increasing sustainable development of farming and ensuring food security for all. And international climate efforts include the uns work on support climate smart agricultural practices. But san certification historically promoted uptake of practices now considered climate smart. Climatesmart agriculture indicators english abstract. Csa packages of technologies and practices in the study regions. For agricultural systems to achieve climate smart objectives, including improved food security and rural livelihoods as well as climate change adaptation and mitigation, they often need to be take a landscape. Developing climatesmart agriculture is thus crucial to achieving future food security and climate change goals. These climatesmart opportunities can be found through a range of different entry points. From climatesmart agriculture to climatesmart landscapes. It emphasizes that climatesmart agriculture seeks to increase productivity in an environmentally and socially sustainable way, strengthen farmers resilience to climate change, and reduce agricultures contribution to climate change by reducing greenhouse gas. Due to the increasingly negative effects of climate change on food security, the u. Implementing climatesmart agriculture with csa 101 online guide climatesmart agriculture 101 gateway will help you get started to plan your food productivity, to support equitable increases in your.
Apr 12, 20 from climate smart agriculture to climate smart landscapes. Implement and scaleup innovative successful programs and best practices that combine sustainable agriculture, including landuse, forestry, and sustainable. Climatesmart agriculture is the concept of increasing sustainable development of farming and ensuring food security for all. The relevance of the different csa practices for individual farmers is shaped by. Criteria used in evaluating the guidance are documented. Implementing climatesmart agriculture with csa 101 online. Nitrous oxide is also emitted during the breakdown of nitrogen in livestock manure and urine. The amount of annual investment needed to adapt agriculture to climate change is comparatively low, as the expenditure required to counteract the negative impacts of climate change on nutrition are estimated to be only usd 3 billion per year.
May 12, 2016 developing climate smart agriculture is thus crucial to achieving future food security and climate change goals. Minister without portfolio in the industry, commerce, agriculture and fisheries ministry, hon. Governor brown embraced the term in his 201617 budget proposal. These conditions will require agriculture systems to be more productive, use inputs more efficiently, have more stability in their.