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Book (stand-alone)Climate-Smart Agriculture: Smallholder Adoption and Implications for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation 2011
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No results found.There are a wide range of agriculture-based practices and technologies that have the potential to increase food production and the adaptive capacity of the food production system, as well as reduce emissions or enhance carbon storage in agricultural soils and biomass. However, even where such synergies exist, capturing them may entail significant costs, particularly for smallholders in the short-term. In this paper, we provide a brief review of the adaptation and mitigation benefits from vario us practices, and then focus in detail on empirical evidence concerning costs and barriers to adoption, both from household and project-level data. Findings indicate that up-front investment costs can be a significant barrier to adoption for certain investments and practices, and furthermore, the evidence also supports the hypotheses that opportunity and transactions costs across a wide range of investments and practices. Additionally, potential synergies between food security, adaptation an d mitigation opportunities, as well as costs, can differ substantially across different agro-ecological zones, climate regimes, and historical land use patterns. -
Book (series)Climate change mitigation and smallholder agriculture in Zambia 2015
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No results found.This policy brief summarizes the main points of the mitigation analysis of the EPIC programme for Zambia. It identifies the principal sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and highlights that the Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use (AFOLU) sector contributes the bulk of national emissions. It then examines GHG mitigation potential and the role of smallholder agriculture, analysing the impact of sustainable land management practices, agroforestry and improvements in livestock production. The b rief concludes that sector development strategies targeting productivity increases, as well as resilience to climate variability through specific sustainable land management practices and smallholder livestock development options, can also benefit climate change mitigation in Zambia. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetThe way forward: policies and financing for climate change adaptation and mitigation in agriculture 2017
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No results found.Countries have recognized the need for comprehensive changes in agriculture and food systems in order to adapt to and contribute to mitigation of climate change. To further these changes, appropriate policies and institutions are needed that align agricultural development, food security and climate objectives. They also have to be supported by financial resources, which must be used strategically to ensure maximum impact.This is Info note number 3 of 3 drawn from The State of Food and Ag riculture 2016. Climate change, agriculture and food security. For sources and more detail, please refer to the complete report (available at www.fao.org/3/a-i6030e.pdf).
The Info note 1 presents the main contents of the report and discusses the changes needed in agriculture in order to respond to the challenge of climate change.
The Info note 2 discusses the constraints to adoption of improved agricultural practices for mitigation and adaptation to climate change.
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