Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is a systematic approach to agricultural development. It intends to address climate change and food security challenges simultaneously across levels, from field management to national policy, with goals to 1) improve food security and agricultural productivity, 2) ...
Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Lamanna, Christine
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Arslan, A.
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Richards, Meryl
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[What is the scientific basis for climate-smart agriculture?]
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What is the scientific basis for climate-smart agriculture?
Thiele, Graham
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Friedmann, M.
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Campos, H.
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[Next generation root, tuber and banana crops: raising the bar for heat, drought, and emerging diseases]
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Next generation root, tuber and banana crops: raising the bar for heat, drought, and emerging diseases
One of the main challenges of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is finding ways to promote the adoption at scale (Editor’s note: 'scaling', 'at scale' or 'to scale' are used throughout this article to mean ‘scaling-out’) of CSA practices and technologies. Climate services and insurance can constit...
Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
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Hansen, James
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Baethgen, Walter E.
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Martínez Barón, Deissy
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[Climate services and insurance: scaling climate smart agriculture]
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Climate services and insurance: scaling climate smart agriculture
Los Territorios Sostenibles Adaptados al Clima (TeSAC) se evalúan y promueven opciones de Agricultura Sostenible Adaptada al Clima (prácticas y tecnologías agrícolas y acceso a servicios de información climática) que permitan a las familias de agricultores logren al menos dos de los siguientes ob...
Climate-Smart Villages (CSV) assess and promote climate-smart options (agricultural practices and technologies and access to climate information services) that affect farmers who have at least two of the following goals: increase and stabilize their productivity/income and food security; improve ...
Almentero, Heyni
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Sarruf Romero, Lauren
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Bonilla-Findji, Osana
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Martinez- Baron, Deissy
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[Monitoreo de prácticas y tecnologías implementadas en el TeSAC Santa Rita, Honduras (2017) – Infografía]
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Monitoreo de prácticas y tecnologías implementadas en el TeSAC Santa Rita, Honduras (2017) – Infografía
En frente de los desafíos climáticos, las acciones locales son necesarias. Ya los países se han comprometido vía sus Contribuciones Previstas y Determinadas a Nivel Nacional (iNDC) y políticas nacionales, pero poner en acción estas políticas necesita de la construcción de planes locales a diferen...
In the face of climate challenges, local actions are necessary. The countries have already committed themselves through their National Planned and Determined Contributions (iNDC) and national policies, but to put these policies into action requires the construction of local plans at different lev...
Durón, Marlon
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Obando, Diego
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Le Coq, Jean-François
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[Propuesta Metodológica para el Análisis de Vulnerabilidad Climática y priorización de Medidas de Adaptación para la formulación de Planes Municipales de Adaptación al Cambio Climático, Honduras]
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Propuesta Metodológica para el Análisis de Vulnerabilidad Climática y priorización de Medidas de Adaptación para la formulación de Planes Municipales de Adaptación al Cambio Climático, Honduras
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) has a significant role to play in reducing the gender gap in labor burden for women in agriculture. A targeted approach to address this gap can be useful in developing a women-responsive climatic risk management plan focused on reducing their labor burden in agricu...
Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
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Regmi, Punya Prasad
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Chanana, Nitya
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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[Potential of climate-smart agriculture in reducing women farmers’ drudgery in high climatic risk areas]
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Potential of climate-smart agriculture in reducing women farmers’ drudgery in high climatic risk areas
This Info Note presents an exploration of CSA scaling options in the Nyando Basin area of Kisumu and Kericho Counties in Kenya, through partnerships in the value chain. It is part of the NWO-CCAFS research project “Climate-Smart Financial Diaries for Scaling in the Nyando Basin, Kenya”, led by th...
Wattel, Cor
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Asseldonk, Marcel van
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Gathiaka, John
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Mulwa, Richard
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Wesenbeeck, Lia van
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Oostendorp, Remco
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Recha, John W.M.
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Bosselaar, Jonne
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[Scaling climate-smart agriculture: Towards co-creating business models in the input supply chains and finance chains]
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Scaling climate-smart agriculture: Towards co-creating business models in the input supply chains and finance chains
Livestock productivity in East Africa, and especially in Tanzania, remains persistently low, while greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensities are among the highest worldwide. This mixed methods study aims to explore sustainable livestock intensification options that reduce agro-environmental trade...
Paul, Birthe
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Groot, Jeroen C.J.
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Birnholz, Celine A.
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Nzogela, Beatus
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Woyessa, Kassahun
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Sommer, Rolf
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Nijbroek, Ravic
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Tittonell, Pablo A.
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[Reducing agro-environmental trade-offs through sustainable livestock intensification across smallholder systems in Northern Tanzania]
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Reducing agro-environmental trade-offs through sustainable livestock intensification across smallholder systems in Northern Tanzania