Climate Smart Agriculture

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Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) is an approach to transforming agricultural systems so they can maintain food security and farmer livelihoods under a changing climate. The framework focuses on three interconnected objectives: sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and incomes, building resilience and adapting to climate change, and reducing or avoiding greenhouse gas emissions where possible.

Climate-smart agriculture is not a single farming system or technology. Solutions are tailored to local environmental and socioeconomic conditions and can include climate-resilient crop varieties, conservation agriculture, agroforestry, efficient irrigation, improved soil and nutrient management, integrated crop-livestock systems, precision agriculture, diversified cropping, and improved water management. The World Bank notes that there is no one-size-fits-all solution and that approaches need to reflect local risks and opportunities.

As climate-related risks such as heat, drought, floods, changing rainfall patterns, and pest pressures increasingly affect agricultural production, climate-smart practices are gaining importance for improving farm resilience while using natural resources more efficiently. The approach also connects agriculture with broader areas including food security, climate finance, carbon markets, digital agriculture, agricultural policy, and rural development.

This category features climate-smart farming practices, research, policy developments, technology innovations, resilient crop varieties, irrigation and water management, soil health, regenerative agriculture, carbon reduction, climate finance, farmer programs, and global developments in climate-resilient food systems.