BSR Insight | Transitioning to Climate-Smart Agriculture
According to a new report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, agriculture in developing countries must be transformed in order to meet the global challenge of food security and respond to climate change. Key technical, institutional, policy, and financial responses are needed to establish climate-smart systems throughout the agricultural sector.
Key messages from the report include:
- An ecosystem approach to agriculture—which requires working at the landscape level and coordinating among sectors—is required to implement climate-smart systems in developing countries. Additional investments are needed to close knowledge and technology gaps and produce higher-yielding and more resilient crop varietals.
- Small farmers need institutional and financial support to make this transition. Additionally, better ways of disseminating information and coordinating over large areas and among many farmers are needed. Lastly, policies related to agriculture, food security, and climate change need to be consistent across regional, national, and international levels.
- This transition requires financing from both private and public sources, and effective financing mechanisms need to take sector-specific considerations into account.
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