Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) for Sustainable Agriculture Nexus: A Tool for Transforming Food Systems
Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) is a global strategy for enhancing food productivity amidst climate change uncertainties in the 21st century. CSA improves farmers’ incomes, reduces greenhouse emissions, and farming systems become resilient to climate change. Despite the vital role that CSA plays in...
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Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) is a global strategy for enhancing food productivity amidst climate change uncertainties in the 21st century. CSA improves farmers’ incomes, reduces greenhouse emissions, and farming systems become resilient to climate change. Despite the vital role that CSA plays in the development of the agricultural industry and the economy, the extent to which CSA is related to sustainable agriculture (SA) is not well documented. Is CSA the same as SA? If they are the same, do CSA practices impose mitigation requirements for developing countries like Uganda? Studies or research on CSA and SA unfortunately have certain shortcomings. Lack of this knowledge makes it difficult to plan investments and develop policies that will increase farmers’ resilience to climate change and variability to improve SA. This study is aimed at assessing how CSA links to SA and whether the two contribute to climate change mitigation requirements. It was found that CSA and SA are also related in a way that the latter leads to lowering greenhouse gas emissions hence mitigating climate change. CSA and SA share a common principal goal of achieving food security. It was concluded that developing countries are the worst affected by the negative impacts of climate change and don’t have the adaptive capacity to respond to climate change effects.
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| spelling | doaj.art-08313c7ece384573821a6f872aff49772023-07-15T21:12:55ZengTurkish Science and Technology Publishing (TURSTEP)Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology2148-127X2023-06-0111610.24925/turjaf.v11i6.1195-1199.55914382Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) for Sustainable Agriculture Nexus: A Tool for Transforming Food SystemsBenson Turyasingura0Natal Ayiga1Wycliffe Tumwesigye2Hegarty James Philip3Department of Environmental Sciences, Kabale University, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Kabale University, P. O. Box 317, Plot 346, Block 3 Kikungiri, Kabale, UgandaDepartment of Social Work and Social Administration, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Kabale University, P. O. Box 317, Plot 346, Block 3 Kikungiri, Kabale, UgandaDepartment of Agriculture and Agribusiness and Environmental Sciences, Bishop Stuart University, Mbarara, Uganda,Federal University Gashua, PMB 1005 Gashua, Yobe State Nigeria Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) is a global strategy for enhancing food productivity amidst climate change uncertainties in the 21st century. CSA improves farmers’ incomes, reduces greenhouse emissions, and farming systems become resilient to climate change. Despite the vital role that CSA plays in the development of the agricultural industry and the economy, the extent to which CSA is related to sustainable agriculture (SA) is not well documented. Is CSA the same as SA? If they are the same, do CSA practices impose mitigation requirements for developing countries like Uganda? Studies or research on CSA and SA unfortunately have certain shortcomings. Lack of this knowledge makes it difficult to plan investments and develop policies that will increase farmers’ resilience to climate change and variability to improve SA. This study is aimed at assessing how CSA links to SA and whether the two contribute to climate change mitigation requirements. It was found that CSA and SA are also related in a way that the latter leads to lowering greenhouse gas emissions hence mitigating climate change. CSA and SA share a common principal goal of achieving food security. It was concluded that developing countries are the worst affected by the negative impacts of climate change and don’t have the adaptive capacity to respond to climate change effects. http://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/view/5591Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices and TechnologiesSustainable AgricultureFood SystemsClimate ChangeCritical thinking |
| spellingShingle | Benson Turyasingura Natal Ayiga Wycliffe Tumwesigye Hegarty James Philip Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) for Sustainable Agriculture Nexus: A Tool for Transforming Food Systems Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices and Technologies Sustainable Agriculture Food Systems Climate Change Critical thinking |
| title | Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) for Sustainable Agriculture Nexus: A Tool for Transforming Food Systems |
| title_full | Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) for Sustainable Agriculture Nexus: A Tool for Transforming Food Systems |
| title_fullStr | Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) for Sustainable Agriculture Nexus: A Tool for Transforming Food Systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) for Sustainable Agriculture Nexus: A Tool for Transforming Food Systems |
| title_short | Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) for Sustainable Agriculture Nexus: A Tool for Transforming Food Systems |
| title_sort | climate smart agriculture csa for sustainable agriculture nexus a tool for transforming food systems |
| topic | Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices and Technologies Sustainable Agriculture Food Systems Climate Change Critical thinking |
| url | http://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/view/5591 |
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