Traditional agriculture: a climate-smart approach for sustainable food production

Climate smart agriculture, farm household typologies and food security

One of the great challenges in agricultural development and sustainable intensification is the assurance of social equity in food security oriented interventions. Development practitioners, researchers, and policy makers alike could benefit from prior insight into what interventions or environmental shocks might differentially affect farmers' food security status, in order to move towards more ...

Millets for Next Generation Climate-Smart Agriculture

Panicoids (subfamily: panicoideae) are a group of C4 grasses, which include agronomically important crops such as sorghum and maize, bioenergy feedstocks including sugarcane and miscanthus, nutri-cereals such as millets, and biofuel crops including switchgrass, napier grass and guinea grass. Among these, millets are known for their climate-resilient features including adaptation to a wide range...

The ‘Push–Pull’ Farming System: Climate-smart, sustainable agriculture for Africa

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Climate Smart Agriculture in the African Context

Prepared by: Timothy O. Williams, Marloes Mul & Olufunke Cofie, (IWMI) James Kinyangi (ILRI), Robert Zougmore (ICRISAT), George Wamukoya (COMESA), Mary Nyasimi (ILRI), Paul Mapfumo (University of Zimbabwe), Chinwe Ifejika Speranza (University of Bonn), Dorothy Amwata (ILRI), Snorre Frid-Nielsen (University of Copenhagen), Samuel Partey (ICRISAT), Evan Girvetz (CIAT), Todd Rosenstock (ICRAF) and...

Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture The Challenges of Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa