Climate-smart agriculture for food security

Lipper, L. and Thornton, P.K. and Campbell, B. and Mann, W. and etl, . (2014) Climate-smart agriculture for food security. Nature climate change, 4. pp. 1068-1072.

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Climate-smart agriculture, agricultural systems,food security, climate change, production
Author Affiliation:	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy
Subjects:	Atmosperic Science > Climatology Food Security/Food Production/Nutrition
Divisions:	General
Depositing User:	Mr T L Gautham
Date Deposited:	24 Sep 2018 04:45
Last Modified:	24 Sep 2018 04:45
URI:	http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/15594

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