Can Input Subsidy Programs Promote Climate Smart Agriculture in Africa?

Thomas Jayne (), Nicholas Sitko, Nicole M. Mason and David Skole

No 260043, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP)

Abstract: Climate smart agriculture (CSA) has emerged as an approach to enhance the resilience of farming systems to the effects of climate change. CSA is defined by three principle objectives: 1) sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and incomes; 2) adapting and building resilience to climate change; and 3) reducing and/or removing greenhouse gases emissions, where possible. In Africa there is particular interest in identifying strategies to encourage farmers to adopt practices and technologies that enable their farms to be more resilient and productive, while at the same time identifying system-wide collective action to promote a wide range of ex ante risk management activities and ex post coping strategies.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Security and Poverty; International Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 4
Date: 2016-07-07
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.260043

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