Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an approach that helps guide actions to transform agri-food systems towards green and climate resilient practices.
Growing young maize seedling in cultivated agricultural farm field with modern technology concepts
Climate-smart agriculture as a bridge towards development and food security built on three pillars:
Increasing productivity and incomes
Enhancing resilience of livelihoods and ecosystems
Reducing and removing greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere.
Examples of ways that CSA plan on solving climate issues include soil management, drought-tolerant maize, dairy development, farming catfish intensively, carbon finance to restore crop fields, waste-reducing rice thresher, rainfall forecasts and incentive system for low-carbon agriculture.
Countries throughout Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) need to increase food production to meet demand and predicted dietary changes under an increasingly harsh and difficult climate. This change will have to be achieved alongside reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Current agricultural management practices and the associated land use changes account for one-third of total GHG emissions in Africa.
For example, the United Republic of Tanzania is creating an enabling environment for agricultural transformation, setting policies, creating learning alliances, and specifically prioritizing climate smart agriculture for the country.
AirSmat climate information capabilities empower rural farming communities and agri-businesses to become more resilient and adaptive to effects of climate change as well as make more informed decisions regarding farming. We also believe with the right information and data, farmers can soon get with the program to help preserve the climate.
We at the AirSmat are at the forefront of practicing climate smart agriculture and excited about saving the climate and also solve the challenges of food security across Africa.