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Transformative adaptation: from climate-smart to climate-resilient agriculture
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños, Philippines.
Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Research Unit.ORCID-id: 0000-0001-6042-6706
Global Development Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston in Ontario, Canada.
Centre for Water Policy, Regulation and Governance, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India.
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2023 (Engelska)Ingår i: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, ISSN 2662-4044, Vol. 4, nr 30Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat) Published
Abstract [en]

In response to the climate crisis, there has been much focus on climate-smart agriculture (CSA); namely, technologies and practices that enhance adaptation, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and contribute to food security; the so-called triple win. Success has tended to be measured in terms of the number of farmers adopting CSA with less focus given to the impacts especially on human development. CSA can inadvertently lead to‘maladaptation’ whereby interventions reinforce existing vulnerabilities either by beneftting powerful elites or by transferring risks and exposure between groups. Such maladaptive outcomes often stem from overly technical adaptation programming that is driven by external objectives and discounts the social and political dynamics of vulnerability. Increasingly a more nuanced picture is emerging. This reveals how a failure to contextualize CSA in relation to the structural socioeconomic dynamics associated with agricultural systems that render some categories of farmer especially vulnerable to climate change, undermines CSA’s contribution to reducing rural poverty and increasing equity. In response, there is a growing focus on transformative orientations that pursue a more deep-seated approach to social, institutional, technological and cultural change in order to address the structural contributors to vulnerability and diferential exposure to climate risk. Addressing these questions requires a robust consideration of the social contexts and power relations through which agriculture is both researched and practiced. For agriculture to be transformative and contribute to broader development goals, a greater emphasis is needed on issues of farmer heterogeneity, the dangers of maladaptation and the importance of social equity. This entails recognizing that resilience encompasses both agroand socio-ecological dimensions. Furthermore, practitioners need to be more cognizant of the dangers of (i) benefting groups of already better of farmers at the expense of the most vulnerable and/or (ii) focusing on farmers for whom agriculture is not a pathway out of poverty. The success of these approaches rests on genuine transdisciplinary partnerships and systems approaches that ensure adaptation and mitigation goals along with more equitable incomes, food security and development. The greater emphasis on social equity and human well-being distinguishes climate-resilient from climate-smart agriculture.

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BioMed Central (BMC), 2023. Vol. 4, nr 30
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Transformative adaptation, Climate-smart agriculture, Climate-resilient agriculture, Resilience, Adaptive capacity, Transdisciplinary networks, Inter-disciplinary research
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Tvärvetenskapliga studier inom samhällsvetenskap Jordbruksvetenskap
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Natural resources and environment
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URN: urn:nbn:se:nai:diva-2870DOI: 10.1186/s43170-023-00172-4OAI: oai:DiVA.org:nai-2870DiVA, id: diva2:1792387
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CGIAR Climate ResilienceTillgänglig från: 2023-08-29 Skapad: 2023-08-29 Senast uppdaterad: 2023-11-22Bibliografiskt granskad

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