Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an approach for transforming and reorienting agricultural systems to support food security under the new realities of climate change. Widespread changes in rainfall and temperature patterns threaten agricultural production and increase the vulnerability of people dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods, which includes most of the world's poor. Climate change disrupts food markets, posing population-wide risks to food supply. Threats can be reduced by increasing the adaptive capacity of farmers as well as increasing resilience and resource use efficiency in agricultural production systems. CSA promotes coordinated actions by farmers, researchers, private sector, civil society and policymakers towards climate-resilient pathways through four main action areas: (1) building evidence; (2) increasing local institutional effectiveness; (3) fostering coherence between climate and agricultural policies; and (4) linking climate and agricultural financing. CSA differs from 'business-as-usual' approaches by emphasizing the capacity to implement flexible, context-specific solutions, supported by innovative policy and financing actions.
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TI - Climate-smart agriculture for food security
AU - Lipper, L.
AU - Thornton, P.
AU - Campbell, B.M.
AU - Baedeker, T.
AU - Braimoh, A.
AU - Bwalya, M.
AU - Caron, P.
AU - Cattaneo, A.
AU - Garrity, D.P.
AU - Henry, K.
AU - Hottle, R.
AU - Jackson, L.
AU - Jarvis, A.
AU - Kossam, F.
AU - Mann, W.
AU - McCarthy, N.
AU - Meybeck, A.
AU - Neufeldt, H.
AU - Remington, T.
AU - Sen, P.T
AB - Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an approach for transforming and reorienting agricultural systems to support food security under the new realities of climate change. Widespread changes in rainfall and temperature patterns threaten agricultural production and increase the vulnerability of people dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods, which includes most of the world's poor. Climate change disrupts food markets, posing population-wide risks to food supply. Threats can be reduced by increasing the adaptive capacity of farmers as well as increasing resilience and resource use efficiency in agricultural production systems. CSA promotes coordinated actions by farmers, researchers, private sector, civil society and policymakers towards climate-resilient pathways through four main action areas: (1) building evidence; (2) increasing local institutional effectiveness; (3) fostering coherence between climate and agricultural policies; and (4) linking climate and agricultural financing. CSA differs from 'business-as-usual' approaches by emphasizing the capacity to implement flexible, context-specific solutions, supported by innovative policy and financing actions.
PY - 2014
UR - https://www.cifor-icraf.org/knowledge/publication/32568/
DO - https://doi.org/10.1038/NCLIMATE2437
KW - ecosystem services, food insecurity, rainfall, resilience, temperatures
ER -Endnote (.ciw)
%T Climate-smart agriculture for food security
%A Lipper, L.
%A Thornton, P.
%A Campbell, B.M.
%A Baedeker, T.
%A Braimoh, A.
%A Bwalya, M.
%A Caron, P.
%A Cattaneo, A.
%A Garrity, D.P.
%A Henry, K.
%A Hottle, R.
%A Jackson, L.
%A Jarvis, A.
%A Kossam, F.
%A Mann, W.
%A McCarthy, N.
%A Meybeck, A.
%A Neufeldt, H.
%A Remington, T.
%A Sen, P.T
%D 2014
%U https://www.cifor-icraf.org/knowledge/publication/32568/
%R https://doi.org/10.1038/NCLIMATE2437
%X Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an approach for transforming and reorienting agricultural systems to support food security under the new realities of climate change. Widespread changes in rainfall and temperature patterns threaten agricultural production and increase the vulnerability of people dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods, which includes most of the world's poor. Climate change disrupts food markets, posing population-wide risks to food supply. Threats can be reduced by increasing the adaptive capacity of farmers as well as increasing resilience and resource use efficiency in agricultural production systems. CSA promotes coordinated actions by farmers, researchers, private sector, civil society and policymakers towards climate-resilient pathways through four main action areas: (1) building evidence; (2) increasing local institutional effectiveness; (3) fostering coherence between climate and agricultural policies; and (4) linking climate and agricultural financing. CSA differs from 'business-as-usual' approaches by emphasizing the capacity to implement flexible, context-specific solutions, supported by innovative policy and financing actions.
%K ecosystem services
%K food insecurity
%K rainfall
%K resilience
%K temperatures
Publication year
2014
ISSN
1758-678X
Authors
Lipper, L.; Thornton, P.; Campbell, B.M.; Baedeker, T.; Braimoh, A.; Bwalya, M.; Caron, P.; Cattaneo, A.; Garrity, D.P.; Henry, K.; Hottle, R.; Jackson, L.; Jarvis, A.; Kossam, F.; Mann, W.; McCarthy, N.; Meybeck, A.; Neufeldt, H.; Remington, T.; Sen, P.T
Language
English
Keywords
ecosystem services, food insecurity, rainfall, resilience, temperatures
Source
Nature Climate Change. 5(4): 1068-1072
