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Building transformative change in Africa’s smallholder food systems: Contributions from climate-smart agriculture and agroecology

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Title Building transformative change in Africa’s smallholder food systems: Contributions from climate-smart agriculture and agroecology
 
Creator Shilomboleni, Helena
Radeny, Maren A.O.
Demissie, Teferi
Osumba, Joab J.L.
Recha, John W.M.
Solomon, Dawit
 
Subject agroecology
climate-smart agriculture
smallholders
transformation
agriculture
food security
climate change
 
Description Transforming food systems under a changing climate entails amplifying solutions that build sustainability along multiple interconnected principles—i.e., diversity, resilience, equity, economic viability, health and renewability. Two different approaches are engaged in this transformational work in Africa: climate-smart agriculture (promotes participatory multi-stakeholder collaborations and climate-informed sustainable agriculture innovations) and agroecology (prioritizes co-created diversified livelihood strategies). Together, their contributions highlight the urgency of reconfigurations that balance technology transfer with realigning human values to support inclusive processes and principles of transformation. Taking to scale this critical work will require significant support: donors and policy makers can help by diversifying their investments to create a balance between projects focused on technological solutions and those implementing more agroecological components. Agricultural research for development organizations can help to build the evidence base for agroecology and climate-smart agriculture based on data metrics associated with yields, income, and socioeconomic performance, and on the significance of their holistic approaches to tackling climate change adaptation and mitigation by ensuring strong, resilient social foundations.
 
Date 2020-11-01
2020-11-06T21:57:07Z
2020-11-06T21:57:07Z
 
Type Brief
 
Identifier Shilomboleni H, Radeny M, Demissie T, Osumba J, Recha J, Solomon D. 2020. Building transformative change in Africa’s smallholder food systems: Contributions from climate-smart agriculture and agroecology. Policy Brief No. 14. Wageningen, the Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110081
PII-EA_CRAFT
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 12 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security