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Article http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/ijfsa.2021.12.023

A Review between Climate Smart Agriculture Technology Objectives’ Synergies and Tradeoffs

Petros Chavula

1Africa Center of Excellence for Climate Smart Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation and Management, P. O. Box 138, Haramaya, Oromia, Ethiopia. 

2Department of Climate-Smart Agriculture, Haramaya University, Haramaya, Oromia, Ethiopia.

*Corresponding author: Petros Chavula

Published: December 20,2021

Abstract

Climate variability and extremes are now a part of everyday life around the planet. Climate change has a significant impact on the poor and vulnerable in various parts of the world. Climate variability and change have exacerbated the miseries of the impoverished in various parts of the world, including the well-to-do. As a result, several stakeholders around the world have created and executed climate change adaptation and mitigation programs. These projects and/or programs seek to mitigate the effects of climate change on the environment, specifically on humans. Projects have mostly targeted the least developed countries (LDCs) and disadvantaged households who are affected by climate change variability (smallholder farmers). Farmers in smallholdings have been encouraged to implement these projects on their land. Furthermore, some governments have implemented policies aimed at accomplishing the aims of climate smart agriculture. There are synergies and trade-offs between these actions for accomplishing climate smart agriculture’s goals (e.g. rotational grazing system for cattle, agroforestry adoption, integrated-cattle soybean production, and biotechnology promotion has showed higher food production and lower greenhouse gas emission). Lack of interest, inadequate policies, and a scarcity of land for rotation grazing, reduced productivity, and worse financial returns are only a few of the trade-offs of these interventions. As a result, via the development of appropriate strategies and regulations, climate smart agriculture aims to eliminate trade-offs and increase synergies. For higher production and guaranteed sustainability, these policies should attempt to promote synergies in crop production, animal production systems, forests, fisheries, and aquaculture. Climate-smart agriculture is not a brand-new farming method or collection of activities.

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A Review between Climate Smart Agriculture Technology Objectives' Synergies and Tradeoffs

How to cite this paper: Petros Chavula. (2021) A Review between Climate Smart Agriculture Technology Objectives' Synergies and Tradeoffs. International Journal of Food Science and Agriculture5(4), 748-753.

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.26855/ijfsa.2021.12.023