CSA Symposium 2016 -Moffatt Ngugi Day 1 Session 1
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Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA)
Implications for Feed the Future and agricultural programs in USAID
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The intersection of climate change and agriculture
• Climate change poses major risks resulting from erratic weather, temperatures and precipitation changes, rising sea levels, increased frequency of extreme events etc
• Small-holder farmers, pastoralists and fishers in the least developed countries are especially vulnerable
• Agriculture also a driver of climate change, both directly and through conversion forests and wetlands
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Development Policy Context for CSA
• September 23, 2014 President Obama issued Executive Order #13677 on Climate-Resilient International Development at the UN Secretary-General’s “Climate Summit”
• USG joined many other nations and organizations in launching the Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture
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A working definition of CSASustainably increasing agricultural productivity and
incomes;Adapting and building resilience to climate change;
andReducing and/or removing greenhouse gas
emissions, where appropriate (the FAO definition uses possible).
Image courtesy of FAO
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CSA Aspirational principles• Holistic approach: CSA is not a practice(s), but a process that considers challenges
that arise at the intersection of climate change and agriculture , including barriers to adoption.
• Intentionality: CSA deliberately considers how climate change will impact activities (adaptation) and, where appropriate, how activities will impact climate change.
• Multiple benefits: CSA integrates options that maximize synergies and reduce tradeoffs to achieve multiple benefits.
• Context specific: CSA is specific to the relevant geography and climate change impacts as well as socio-economic, political, cultural, and environmental factors.
• Long-term perspective: CSA combines short term needs with a long-term perspective that considers future climate change, remains flexible and integrates new information.
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Programmatic and implementation implication
1.Sound climate data and science.
2.Development of climate smart technologies and innovations
3.Strengthen human and institutional capacity.
4.Strengthen the enabling environment.
5.Partnerships for Impact.
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• ResourcesAGRILINKS https://agrilinks.org/activity-cross-cutting/climate-smart-agriculture
CLIMATELINKShttps://www.climatelinks.org