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Climate-smart agriculture: Business modeling and innovation platforms for scaling

Indian farmers working in the field. The workshop included presentations about, among others, local innovation platforms, success stories, and possible innovative platforms in South Asia. Photo: N. Sigtia (CCAFS)

Sharing research on scaling up innovative climate-smart agriculture business models in South Asia.

South Asia is one of the most vulnerable regions to the impacts of climate change. In order to boost farmers' resilience, many climate-smart agricultural practices have been adopted in the region.

"Under the aegis of the CGIAR research program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), CIMMYT and Wageningen University (WUR), undertook activities to develop and scale innovative climate-smart agriculture (CSA) business models at climate-smart village (CSV) sites in South Asia," writes Tripti Agarwal in his recent blog post on the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) website.

The results were shared during a workshop, titled 'Climate-smart agriculture: Business modeling and innovation platforms for scaling.' Agarwal continues:

Setting the objectives and context of the workshop, M.L. Jat, CIMMYT, and Annemarie Groot, Alterra, welcomed the participants. During a brainstorming session on climate smart agriculture as a business model and on how to use innovative platforms to promote it, participants expressed their views and improved their understanding of the issues. Building on the input of participants, Jaclyn Rooker (WUR) provided an introduction to business models and value systems, using the case of the Happy Seeder in Punjab, India, as an example.

To learn more about the workshop, read the original blog post on the CIMMYT website: Making Farming Profitable: Scaling Climate-Smart Agriculture through Business Model Innovations
 

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Lili Szilagyi is Communications Student Assistant at the CCAFS Coordinating Unit.