But san certification historically promoted uptake of practices now considered climate smart. The upscale project hopes to achieve even better results in the new districts photo credit. Climate smart agriculture csa has various approaches including. Department of agriculture has a climate smart agriculture initiative. Enhancing adaptive capacity of the rural communities in lebanon agrical agriculture in lebanon is one of the most vulnerable sectors to climate change due to the limited availability of water and land resources and the pressures of population growth and urbanization. Improved technologies and approaches for sustainable farm management. This section introduces a range of climate smart agriculture csa practices and technologies within seven entry points for csa. The presentation was part of a learning event on climate smart agriculture csa organized by the climate change, energy and land tenure division of the food and agriculture organization of the. Implementing climate smart agriculture with csa 101 online guide. So there is a need to modify agricultural practices in a more sustainable way to overcome these problems. Department of agriculture is announcing a comprehensive and detailed approach to support farmers, ranchers, and forest land owners in their response to climate change. Pdf adoption and dissemination pathways for climate.
The workshop agreed that there is an urgent need to mainstream climate change education climate smart agriculture, and other issues, into the national diplomas available in all agricultural colleges. Programs and practices climate smart agriculture is the concept of increasing sustainable development of farming and ensuring food security for all. Nitrous oxide is also emitted during the breakdown of nitrogen in livestock manure and urine. Developing a climate smart agriculture manual for agriculture education in. Some effective climate smart practices already exist and could be scaledup, but this can only be done with serious investments in building the knowledge base and developing technology. Climate smart fisheries and aquaculture 1 background and context the significance of fisheries and aquaculture fisheries and aquaculture are important, supporting incomes and livelihoods of 660820 million people, or about 1012 percent of the worlds population, with vital interactions for gender, poverty. The promise of climate smart agriculture will only be realised with innovative marketled delivery mechanisms. Agriculture is a prominent source as well as a sink of greenhouse gases ghgs. The agriculture sector is the backbone of ethiopias economy and livelihoods. Summary of climatesmart agriculture in the 2017 san. Achieving climate mitigation is a dedicated goal of csa and sets climate smart agriculture practices apart from other improved agricultural practices.
A farmer who already practises climate smart agriculture in lyantonde district checking on his maize crop. Climate smart agriculture csa may be defined as an approach for transforming and reorienting agricultural development under the new realities of climate change lipper et al. The adoption of climate smart agricultural practices csaps is important for sustaining indian agriculture in the face of climate change. And international climate efforts include the uns work on support climate smart agricultural practices. Key message 1 agriculture in developing countries must undergo a significant transformation in order to meet the related challenges of food security and climate change. The session also led to the development of the african climate smart agriculture coordination platform which is expected to. From concept to practice, from mainstreaming to policy an introductory overview with relevance to climate change r. Conservation agriculture practicesnotill in particularhave been promoted for. Enhancing adaptation to climate smart agriculture practices in the farming systems of uganda. The forum concluded that climate smart agriculture can be more effective and successful. Determinants of the adoption of climatesmart agricultural practices. 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.
Usdas building blocks for climate smart agriculture and. With many of the resources needed for sustainable food security already stretched, the food security challenges are huge. Climate smart agriculture in the african context prepared by. Climate smart agriculture addresses the challenges which climate change cc poses to agricultural production. Csa interventions can draw on traditional practices like the sorjan system tall beds. Eu best practices for climate smart agriculture climate smart agriculture in georgia conference,18 november,2014. Conservation agriculture is an approach to agricultural management based on three principles.
Implementing climatesmart agriculture with csa 101 online. Smallholder farmers in east africa need information and knowledge on appropriate climate smart agriculture csa practices, technologies, and institutional innovations in order to effectively adapt to changing climatic conditions and cope with. Percentage of farmers aware and currently using the prioritized climate smart agriculture practices among surveyed households n 26 in. Like the phrase sustainable agriculture, it is not universally defined, and it is used to mean many things to many. However, many of the practices used in organic agriculture are climate smart. Case study of south africa pearson mnkeni and charles mutengwa. Climate smart agriculture in cocoa climate smart agriculture csa aims to mitigate the negative impact of climate change on cocoa production and to adapt your agricultural practices, if necessary. Forum discussions focus around the concerted efforts with usaid and other usg agencies to implement climate resilient international development to support rollout and implementation of climate smart agriculture through building capacity, best practices and sharing the learning. Farm household typology and adoption of climate smart agriculture practices in smallholder farming systems of southern africa.
Climatesmart agriculture is making a difference world. At the same time climate change is already negatively impacting. This study aims to examine the elements that affect the likelihood and intensity of adoption of multiple. Organic agriculture enhances natural nutrient cycling and builds soil organic matter, which can also support resilience to climate change and sequester carbon in soils. Practices are understood broadly as ways of doing things, for example, precision. Options for climatesmart agriculture at kaptumo site in kenya.
Knowledge dissemination for implementation at farm level and climate proofing of agricultural value chains are important. Increased investments in agricultural practices that bring about mitigation cobenefits would. Innovation platforms for climate smart agriculture. Titles in the working paper series aim to disseminate interim results on. Farmers already adapt to climate change in diverse ways.
Building a case for csa, which means you undertake an assessment of the situation of agriculture and food security to look into the need for a program on climate smart agriculture. Pdf farm household typology and adoption of climate. Policies, practices and financing for food security, adaptation and mitigation technical report pdf available september 2010 with 268 reads how we measure reads. A tool for prioritizing contextspecific climate smart agriculture technologies. Adoption of multiple climatesmart agricultural practices. Support for innovations such as the use of stresstolerant seeds, weather insurance and new climate finance models capitalises on existing market mechanisms and new ict solutions. Annex i provides examples of fao methods and tools which can support national climate smart agriculture. Ccafs phase climate change agriculture and food security, climate smart agricultural practices csap have been identified, and dry. Africa is home to more than 225 million under nourished people. Schulze 17 ch a3 adaptation to climate change in south africas agriculture sector r.
The world must adapt to the changing climate to prevent more people from falling into poverty. Climate smart agriculture information brief march 2017 climate smart agriculture 1 including crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry. Farm families in africa and other parts of the world are already over represented among the poor. Climate smart agriculture country profiles for africa series research pdf available january 2017 with 7,244 reads. Sustainable waste management practices, agriculture, food production and forestry, water management, sustainable consumption. This report identifies and assesses climatesmart agricultural practices through.
For example, certified farms have long been required to have shade trees, which buf. Participatory evaluation and application of climate smart agriculture. To ensure that the mitigation potential is correctly estimated, detailed data collection in the without and with project scenario and activities is crucial. In the west of kenya, farmers from kisumu and kitale districts are benefiting from adopting sustainable agricultural land management practices, including agroforestry, reduced tillage, use of cover crops and green. Climatesmart agriculture csa practices that integrate the benefits of a sustainable increase in agricultural productivity, the adaptation and.
A training manual for field officers world cocoa foundation. Despite considerable effort by both national and international agricultural organizations to promote csaps in india, adoption of these practices is low. Climatesmart agriculture sourcebook food and agriculture. How climate smart agriculture can help in countries where the economy is heavily based on agriculture, development of the agricultural sector is the most efficient poverty reduction measure. Yet, heavy reliance on rainfed systems has made the sector particularly vulnerable to variability in rainfall and temperature.
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