The Adoption of Climate Smart Agriculture: The Role of Information and Insurance Under Climate Change

Mullins, Jamie T.; Zivin, Joshua Graff; Cattaneo, Andrea; Paolantonio, Adriana; Cavatassi, Romina

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-61194-5_16

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“…For example, Climate Smart Agriculture is about providing elemental goods such as food, wood or fuel (Steenwerth et al, 2014). In addition, Climate Smart Agriculture refers to the restructuring and adaptation of farms to the sometimes extreme climatic conditions (Mullins et al, 2018). Thus, the concept of Climate Smart Agriculture as a solution is to be able to feed growing world population through sustainable production (Scherr et al, 2012).…”

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The Concept of Climate Smart Agriculture - A Classification in Sustainable Theories

Brohm¹,

Klein²

2020

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In scientific literature with a focus on economics, the topic of sustainability has proven to be a relevant area of research in the last decade. Particularly in connection with the food industry, the issues of corporate social responsibility and the Shared Value approach of Porter and Kramer are important. With regard to the realization of sustainability in food production processes in the agricultural economy sector, the scientific climate of climate Smart Agriculture emerged in scientific literature. So it is now necessary to examine whether the theory of the Climate Smart Agriculture can meet the requirements of the definitions around the topic of Corporate Social Responsibility and the Shared Value Theory.

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The Concept of Climate Smart Agriculture - A Classification in Sustainable Theories

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2020

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“…The analysis at hand can provide a framework to help designing blended finance mechanisms and assess the degree of concessionality appropriate for various farmer groups within a CSA investment project. However, a broad range of factors will need to be carefully into consideration to ensure an optimal scaling of CSA practices [ 61 ] including improved access to information and awareness raising, technical training and capacity building [ 62 ].…”

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Farm-level and community aggregate economic impacts of adopting climate smart agricultural practices in three mega environments

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Recent studies highlight a growing concern over the limited adoption of climate smart agricultural (CSA) practices despite their potential benefits on adaptation, mitigation and productivity. Literature indicates several factors behind the lack of adoption including socio-demographic and economic conditions, agro-ecological scales and the nature of the practices. This paper examines to what extent and under which conditions such factors influence the adoption of CSA practices at farm, household and community level across three study sites in different continents: Vietnam, Nicaragua and Uganda. While cost benefit analysis (CBA) is employed to assess the farm-level profitability of CSA practices, the aggregate community impact disaggregated by different groups of farmer typologies with specific socio-economic features is derived from the adoption rate estimated by the relative advantage of practices and the income level of each group. Our main findings show great variation of farm-profitability of CSA practices across scales. Similar practices could generate different profitability depending on crop typologies, input access and prices, household types and local context. Regarding the aggregate profitability of CSA practices at regional scale, we found that under particular conditions, relevant factors of adoption matter to the adoption pattern and thereby affects the ranking. Such conditions include (i) high income inequality, (ii) large profitability gap of prioritized CSA practices, and (iii) large proportion of cost and benefit of the practices in the level of income. This study contributes to enhancing the prioritization process of CSA practices and provides practical guidance for research and policy to tailor the investment to appropriate end-users to assure the greatest impact for the community.

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“…Increasing efficiency in the use of resources (i.e. producing more of a given output using less of a given input) is thus key to reducing emissions intensity per kilos of output [12]. It is also key to improve food security, especially in resource scarce areas.…”

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Climate Smart Agriculture: A New Approach for Sustainable Intensification

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Mohapatra

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World population is increasing day by day and at the same time agriculture is threatened due to natural resource degradation and climate change. A growing global population and changing diets are driving up the demand for food. The food security challenge will only become more difficult, as the world will need to produce about 70 percent more food by 2050 to feed an estimated 9 billion people. Production stability, agricultural productivity, income and food security is negatively affected by changing climate. Therefore, agriculture must change according to present situation for meeting the need of food security and also withstanding under changing climatic situation. Agriculture is a prominent source as well as a sink of greenhouse gases (GHGs). So, there is a need to modify agricultural practices in a sustainable way to overcome these problems. Developing climate smart agriculture is thus crucial to achieving future food security and climate change goals. It helps the agricultural system to resist damage and recover quickly by adaptation and mitigation strategies. Sustainable Intensification is an essential means of adapting to climate change, also resulting in lower emissions per unit of output. With its emphasis on improving risk management, information flows and local institutions to support adaptive capacity, CSA provides the foundations for incentivizing and enabling intensification. Since climate smart agriculture is defined along three pillars (productivity increases, building resilience and adapting, and GHG emission reduction), key concepts such as productivity, resilience, vulnerability and carbon sequestration provide indicators for future empirical measurements of the climate smart agriculture concept.

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The Adoption of Climate Smart Agriculture: The Role of Information and Insurance Under Climate Change

Cited by 17 publications

References 21 publications

The Concept of Climate Smart Agriculture - A Classification in Sustainable Theories

The Concept of Climate Smart Agriculture - A Classification in Sustainable Theories

Farm-level and community aggregate economic impacts of adopting climate smart agricultural practices in three mega environments

Climate Smart Agriculture: A New Approach for Sustainable Intensification

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