From research to impact: scaling up climate-smart agriculture
Lili Szilagyi(CCAFS)
This week's GCARD conference aims to help shape the strategy and future direction of international agriculture research and innovation by bringing together the research community and civil society.
At the third Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD3), the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is co-organizing sessions to showcase results and impact of climate-smart agriculture. In addition, Snorre Frid-Nielsen, research assistant at CCAFS, published a story on GFAR blog.
He gives examples, such as laser-assisted land levelling, coffee-banana intercropping, index-based insurance or climate information services, that show how CCAFS is scaling up climate-smart agriculture.
He concludes:
While it is of course necessary to draw in farmers to scale up CSA, it is equally important to engage with the powerful actors who set and enforce rules, to create resonating change through an enabling policy environment. National policies must be aligned to support CSA objectives. To implement and scale CSA, global organizations and national governments need to be properly informed to create the right policy, institutional, technical and financial settings to mainstream climate change concerns into the agricultural sector. The challenge is that many players are involved in these processes, requiring cooperation and coordination across a multitude of levels.
Read the original story on GFAR blog: Scaling up climate-smart agriculture: what we know so far
Bruce Campbell's presentation at GCARD3:
The Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD3) will take place between 5-8 April 2016. For updates, follow #GCARD3 or participate virtually.
Lili Szilagyi is a communications student assistant at the CCAFS Coordinating Unit.