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Agroecology and climate change rapid evidence review: Performance of agroecological approaches in low- and middle- income countries

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Title Agroecology and climate change rapid evidence review: Performance of agroecological approaches in low- and middle- income countries
 
Creator Snapp, Sieglinde S.
Kebede, Yodit
Wollenberg, Eva K.
Dittmer, Kyle M.
Brickman, Sarah
Egler, Cecelia
Shelton, Sadie W.
 
Subject food security
agriculture
climate change
mitigation
adaptation
agroecology
developing countries
nutrient management
pest management
climate change mitigation
climate change adaptation
disease management
 
Description Agroecology is increasingly seen as being able, or even necessary, to transform food systems (HLPE 2019). The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the CGIAR Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) commissioned this rapid evidence-based review to assess the quality and strength of evidence regarding (i) the impact of agroecological approaches on climate change mitigation and adaptation in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and (ii) the programming approaches and conditions supporting large-scale transitions to agroecology and transitions. The review also aims to identify knowledge gaps critical to understand and inform future public and private investment in research, development, and deployment of agroecological approaches. The focus here is on the science of agroecology at the field and landscape level, not on social movement, value chain or business aspects. We use the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 10 elements of agroecology with the Gliessman (2016) framework to identify agroecology practices (transition level 2) and agroecology systems (transition level 3).

To assess evidence related to agroecology‘s climate change outcomes we conducted a systematic literature review of i) synthesis papers and ii) primary empirical studies related to nutrient and pest and disease management. For the latter we documented the presence of evidence for climate change outcome indicators, but not the magnitude or direction of the change. We also conducted semi-structured interviews with representatives from 12 organizations supporting or implementing on-the-ground agricultural development programmes to better understand the feasibility of scaling out agroecology.
 
Date 2021-04-21
2021-04-21T19:49:04Z
2021-04-21T19:49:04Z
 
Type Report
 
Identifier Snapp S, Kebede Y, Wollenberg E, Dittmer KM, Brickman S, Egler C, Shelton S. 2021. Agroecology and climate change rapid evidence review: Performance of agroecological approaches in low- and middle- income countries. Wageningen, the Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113487
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 63 p.
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Publisher CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security