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| − | Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an integrative approach to address these interlinked challenges of food security and climate change, that explicitly aims for three objectives: | + | '''Climate smart agriculture (CSA) '''is an integrative approach to address these interlinked challenges of food security and climate change, that explicitly aims for three objectives:<br/> |
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| − | '''(1) '''sustainably increasing agricultural productivity, to support equitable increases in farm incomes, food security and development;
| + | #sustainably increasing agricultural productivity, to support equitable increases in farm incomes, food security and development; |
| − | | + | #adapting and building resilience of agricultural and food security systems to climate change at multiple levels; |
| − | '''(2) '''adapting and building resilience of agricultural and food security systems to climate change at multiple levels;
| + | #reducing greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture (including crops, livestock and sheries).<br/> |
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| − | '''(3) '''reducing greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture (including crops, livestock and sheries).
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| | <br/>CSA invites to consider these three objectives together at different scales - from farm to landscape – at different levels - from local to global - and over short and long time horizons, taking into account national and local specifcities and priorities<ref name="FAO, 2014. About Climate Smart Agriculture. http://www.fao.org/climatechange/climatesmart/en/">FAO, 2014. About Climate Smart Agriculture. http://www.fao.org/climatechange/climatesmart/en/</ref> | | <br/>CSA invites to consider these three objectives together at different scales - from farm to landscape – at different levels - from local to global - and over short and long time horizons, taking into account national and local specifcities and priorities<ref name="FAO, 2014. About Climate Smart Agriculture. http://www.fao.org/climatechange/climatesmart/en/">FAO, 2014. About Climate Smart Agriculture. http://www.fao.org/climatechange/climatesmart/en/</ref> |
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| − | In this video Leslie Lipper, Senior Environmental Economist with FAO, elaborates on the need for a climate smart approach to production, what that means and examples of how this approach has worked. {{#widget:YouTube|id=F9_nH7_O8Ys|height=400|width=600}} | + | = The Need for a Climate Smart Approach = |
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| | + | In this video Leslie Lipper, Senior Environmental Economist with FAO, elaborates on the need for a climate smart approach to production, what that means and examples of how this approach has worked. |
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| | + | = Further Information<br/> = |
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| | + | *[http://www.fao.org/3/a-i3817e.pdf FAO Success Stories on Climate-Smart Agriculture] |
| | + | *[http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3325e/i3325e.pdf Dowload from FAO: Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook] |
| | + | *[[Publication_-_Handbook_on_Climate_Information_for_Farming_Communities_-_What_farms_need_and_what_is_available|Handbook on Climate Information for Farming Communities - What farms need and what is available]] |
| | + | *[[Portal:Water and Energy for Food|Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) portal on energypedia]] |
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| | + | [[Category:Agriculture]] |
| | + | [[Category:Climate_Change]] |
| | [[Category:Powering_Agriculture]] | | [[Category:Powering_Agriculture]] |
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In this video Leslie Lipper, Senior Environmental Economist with FAO, elaborates on the need for a climate smart approach to production, what that means and examples of how this approach has worked.
