There is a growing consensus that climate change is transforming the context for rural development, changing physical and socio-economic landscapes and making smallholder development more expensive. But there is less consensus on how smallholder agriculture practices should change as a result. The question is often asked: what really is different about ‘climate-smart’ smallholder agriculture that goes beyond regular best practice in development? This article suggests three major changes: First, project and policy preparation need to reflect higher risks, where vulnerability assessments and greater use of climate scenario modelling are combined with a better understanding of interconnections between smallholder farming and wider landscapes. Second, this deeper appreciation of interconnected risks should drive a major scaling up of successful ‘multiple-benefit’ approaches to sustainable agricultural intensification by smallholder farmers. Third, climate change and fiscal austerity are reshaping the architecture of public (and potentially private) international development finance.
Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/climate-smart-smallholder-agriculture-what%E2%80%99s-different
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/elwyn-grainger-jones
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/international-fund-agricultural-development
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/developing-countries
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-revolution
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-degradation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rural-development
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-adaptation
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-mitigation
