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Rethinking resilient agriculture: From climate-smart agriculture to vulnerable-smart agriculture

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Title Rethinking resilient agriculture: From climate-smart agriculture to vulnerable-smart agriculture
 
Creator Azadi, Hossein
Moghaddam, Saghi Movahhed
Burkart, Stefan
Mahmoudi, Hossein
Passel, Steven van
Kurban, Alishir
López Carr, David
 
Subject climate-smart agriculture
smallholders
small scale farming
food security
livelihoods
sustainability
agricultura climáticamente inteligente
pequeños agricultores
seguridad alimentaria
 
Description Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) is seeking to overcome the food security problem and develop rural livelihoods while minimizing negative impacts on the environment. However, when such synergies exist, the situation of small-scale farmers is often overlooked, and they are unable to implement new practices and technologies. Therefore, the main aim of this study is to improve CSA by adding the neglected but very important element “small-scale farmer”, and introduce Vulnerable-Smart Agriculture (VSA) as a complete version of CSA. VSA indicates, based on the results of this study, that none of the decisions made by policymakers can be realistic and functional as long as the voice of the farmers influenced by their decisions is not heard. Therefore, to identify different levels for possible interventions and develop VSA monitoring indicators, a new conceptual framework needs to be developed. This study proposed such a framework consisting of five elements: prediction of critical incidents by farmers, measuring the consequences of incidents, identifying farmers' coping strategies, assessing farmers' livelihood capital when facing an incident, and adapting to climate incidents. The primary focus of this study is on farmers’ learning and operational preparation to deal with tension and disasters at farm level. Understanding the implications of threats from climate change and the recognizing of coping mechanisms will contribute to an increase in understanding sustainable management.
 
Date 2021-10-15
2021-09-07T07:49:12Z
2021-09-07T07:49:12Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Azadi, H.; Moghaddam, S.M.; Burkart, S.; Mahmoudi, H.; Van Passel, S.; Kurban, A., Lopez-Carr, D. (2021) Rethinking resilient agriculture: From climate-smart agriculture to vulnerable-smart agriculture. Journal of Cleaner Production 319:128602. ISSN: 0959-6526
0959-6526
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114885
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959652621028079
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128602
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 128602
application/pdf
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Source Journal of Cleaner Production