Climate-smart agriculture for South Asia to transform the food system and sustainable development

Rajiv Ghimire and Jagadish Parajuli

Chapter 17 in The Elgar Companion to Food System Transformation for Sustainable Development, 2026, pp 238-246 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) promises to improve food security, enhance resilience, and contribute to greenhouse gas mitigation. Despite some challenges, CSA practices and technologies continue to be one of the policy priorities in South Asia. With the overarching framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the case of the climate-smart village (CSV) approach practised in Nepal, this chapter explains how CSA contributes to South Asian SDGs and positions itself to transform the food and agricultural system. Its analysis of the goals and targets of the SDGs explains that CSA, directly and indirectly, contributes to multiple goals. For the South Asian countries, this analysis of CSA, including the CSV approach, offers an important lesson to maximise benefits by engaging with farmers to promote local knowledge along with modern tools and technologies.

Keywords: Climate-smart Agriculture; Climate-smart Village; Sustainable Development Goals; Smallholders; South Asia; Nepal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035332847
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