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Farming's climate-smart future: placing agriculture at the heart of climate-change policy

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Title Farming's climate-smart future: placing agriculture at the heart of climate-change policy
 
Creator Pye-Smith, Charlie
 
Subject agriculture
policies
climate
 
Description Containing a wealth of up-to-date research and examples, this booklet highlights the ‘cause and effect’ relationship between agriculture and climate change. Crucially it observes that a range of practices – ‘climate-smart agriculture’ – could increase food production, help farmers to become more resilient to global warming and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Yet how widespread these practices become will depend on the importance given to agriculture in international climate change negotiations and national policy-making. The first chapter examines how farming contributes to human-generated greenhouse gas emissions, and observes the effects of global warming and its impact on agriculture and fisheries. Chapter 2 considers possible solutions: adaption and mitigation strategies that farmers and fishers may adopt. Examples include conservation agriculture, agroforestry and climate-smart livestock farming. Boosting the role of agriculture in climate change negotiations – by establishing a work programme and setting up pilot projects – is addressed in chapter 3, while chapter 4 briefly reflects on the financial implications of adapting to climate change in the agricultural sector.
 
Date 2011-12
2013-02-05T10:14:24Z
2013-02-05T10:14:24Z
 
Type Brief
 
Identifier Pye-Smith C. 2011. Farming's climate-smart future: placing agriculture at the heart of climate-change policy. Wageningen, Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA).
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/25164
 
Language en
 
Relation CTA Policy Pointer
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)