Authors
Bruce M Campbell, Philip Thornton, Robert Zougmoré, Piet Van Asten, Leslie Lipper
Publication date
2014/10/1
Source
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
Volume
8
Pages
39-43
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
Highlights
  • ‘Sustainable intensification’(SI) and ‘climate-smart agriculture’(CSA) are closely interlinked.
  • The main difference is the focus in CSA on outcomes related to climate change adaptation and mitigation.
  • SI contributes to adaptation: building ecosystem services, increasing farm incomes.
  • SI is crucial for reduced emissions per unit of output, through lower direct emissions and less land cover change.
  • CSA and SI are only part of a multi-pronged approach toward global food security.
The ‘sustainable intensification’(SI) approach and ‘climate-smart agriculture’(CSA) are highly complementary. SI 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. But adaptation requires …
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