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ProjectIntegrated Climate Smart Agriculture Practices and Approaches Towards Sustainability and Climate Resilience Through the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture - TCP/SAP/3811 2024
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No results found.Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries are vital sectors for the socio-economic stability of SIDS, supporting livelihoods and contributing significantly to export earnings. However, these sectors are increasingly threatened by climate change, which exacerbates existing vulnerabilities and introduces new challenges. Climate variability and extreme weather events, such as cyclones, droughts, and floods, pose severe risks to food security, increase malnutrition and poverty, and hinder progress towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Pacific SIDS are among the most environmentally vulnerable regions globally, facing unique development challenges that are further compounded by climate change. The IPCC predicts more frequent and intense extreme weather events in the coming decades, threatening agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, particularly in low-lying islands at risk from sea level rise and groundwater contamination. The Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) adopted at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP 23 highlights the need to integrate agriculture into climate change strategies. However, effective implementation at national and local levels requires engaging Ministries of Agriculture, local farmers, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), and NGOs. Historically, UNFCCC negotiations have seen limited participation from agricultural ministries. -
Document52 Profiles on Agroecology: Climate resilient sustainable agriculture for adaptation to climate change in The Gambia 2017
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No results found.Smallholder farmers in Gambia are increasingly facing climate related induced disasters and vulnerabilities affecting their lives and livelihoods. During 2010-2012, farmers faced flash floods, periods of drought, disease infestation, saline intrusion, deforestation and massive erosion of their farmlands resulting in crop failure and reduced food security. ActionAid has introduced agroecological approaches including disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate resilient sustainable agriculture (CRSA ) to support smallholder farmers adapt to these shocks and to reduce vulnerabilities. -
ProjectSustainable Livelihoods and Climate Resilience through Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) and Agroforestry (AF) Best Practices in the Northwestern Mountainous Region of Viet Nam - TCP/VIE/3701 2023
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No results found.The six northwestern provinces of Viet Nam Hoa Binh Son La, Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Yen Bai and Lao Cai are endowed with rich natural resources that play a crucial role in watershed management for such key river systems as the Da and Ma rivers The six provinces cover a total land area of approximately 5 64 million ha and provide a home to 4 43 million people, of whom 3 35 million are ethnic minorities The provinces are among the poorest regions of the country, with more than 80 percent of the population dependent on agriculture for its livelihood The region has 3 9 million ha of agriculture and forestry land, of which 80 percent is dedicated to forestry and 20 percent to farming In addition to the effect of population pressure on arable land, the expansion of agricultural production onto hilly and sloping land, and the prevalence of maize mono cropping have caused serious deforestation, the degradation of agro ecosystems and landscape fragmentation In addition, the region is characterized by fragile ecosystems, unstable geology and complex topography, and is highly vulnerable to climate change and natural disasters Despite this crucial situation, the introduction of important counter measures, such as tree based intercropping, remains limited Barriers to the large scale adoption of such practices in the region include widespread outdated cultivation practices, a lack of knowledge of climate smart agriculture ( and agroforestry ( practices and significant investment requirements In addition, given the prevalence of monoculture, there is little incentive for farmers, who have limited access to education and an extension system, to diversify their income The aim of the project was thus to enhance the capacities of the government and upland communities to scale up CSA/AF best practices in the Northwestern Mountainous Region of Viet Nam.
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