{"id":20416,"date":"2023-12-07T12:44:33","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T04:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sar-climate.adpc.net\/?p=20416"},"modified":"2023-12-07T12:46:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T04:46:02","slug":"what-is-climate-smart-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sar-climate.adpc.net\/index.php\/2023\/12\/07\/what-is-climate-smart-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Climate-smart Agriculture (CSA)?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/-2SYQ8Q9bNQ?si=CyCRcJgsZzQ7aXhT”][vc_column_text]Voiceover by Russell Isaac, Senior Consultant at Sports Media Services<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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The term “climate-smart agriculture” or CSA was coined by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in 2010. It encapsulates the need for agriculture in developing countries to undergo a significant transformation (if the challenges of food security in the face of climate change are to be met).<\/p>\n

And those challenges are many – Himalayan snow and ice that provide vast amounts of water for agriculture in Asia are expected to decline by 20% in the next decade.<\/p>\n

Models suggest that climate change may lead to a decline in rice production of 14% in South Asia, and these changes particularly affect resource-poor smallholder farmers. Their agricultural operations tend to be barely profitable and are often environmentally unsustainable.<\/p>\n

If, as expected, the world’s population reaches 9 billion by 2050, a 70% increase in total agricultural production will be required.<\/p>\n

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CSA is an approach that helps guide actions to transform agri-food systems towards green and climate-resilient practices. CSA supports reaching internationally agreed goals such as the SDGs and the Paris Agreement.<\/p>\n

It aims to tackle three main objectives: sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and incomes, adapting and building resilience to climate change, and reducing and\/or removing greenhouse gas emissions, where possible.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to learn more about CSA in South Asia.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=”sidebar-left”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n

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