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The value of climate-resilient seeds for smallholder adaptation in sub-Saharan Africa

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Title The value of climate-resilient seeds for smallholder adaptation in sub-Saharan Africa
 
Creator Cacho, Oscar J
Moss, Jonathan
Thornton, Philip K.
Herrero, Mario T.
Henderson, Benjamin B.
Bodirsky, Benjamin L.
Humpenöder, Florian
Popp, Alexander
Lipper, Leslie
 
Subject climate change
agriculture
food security
adaptation
smallholders
seeds
policies
 
Description Climate change is threatening food security in many tropical countries, where a large proportion of food is produced by vulnerable smallholder farmers. Interventions are available to offset many of the negative impacts of climate change on agriculture, and they can be tailored to local conditions often through relative modest investments. However, little quantitative information is available to guide investment or policy choices at a time when countries and development agencies are under pressure to implement policies that can help achieve Sustainable Development Goals while coping with climate change. Among smallholder adaptation options, developing seeds resilient to current and future climate shocks expected locally is one of the most important actions available now. In this paper, we used national and local data to estimate the costs of climate change to smallholder farmers in Malawi and Tanzania. We found that the benefits from adopting resilient seeds ranged between 984 million and 2.1 billion USD during 2020–2050. Our analysis demonstrates the benefits of establishing and maintaining a flexible national seed sector with participation by communities in the breeding, delivery, and adoption cycle.
 
Date 2020-10
2021-02-04T15:36:40Z
2021-02-04T15:36:40Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Cacho OJ, Moss J, Thornton P, Herrero M, Henderson B, Bodirsky BL, Humpenöder F, Popp A, Lipper L. 2020. The value of climate-resilient seeds for smallholder adaptation in sub-Saharan Africa. Climatic Change 162:1213–1229.
0165-0009
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111154
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02817-z
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 1213-1229
 
Publisher Springer Science and Business Media LLC
 
Source Climatic Change