Climate smart agriculture

Question 1

Climate smart agriculture (CSA)

Answer 1

CSA is an integrative app to address the interlinked challenges related to food security and climate change through:
Economic- sustainably increasing productivity and farm incomes
Social- adapting resilience of agri and food security systems
Environmental- reducing greenhouse gas emissions from agri

Question 2

CSA in Asia/Pacific reigons

Answer 2

Welcomed by organisations such as the World Bank but only taken off in Japan, Vietnam and Philippines are members of the Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture

Question 3

Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI)

Answer 3

Carried out climate change adaption projects to test technologies/strategies for sustainable livelihood security in rural communities that are vulnerable to climate risks

Question 4

IARI’s set of interventions to conserve resources and adapt to climate change

Answer 4

Superior seed varieties tested and successful ones made available in seed banks. Heat/stress tolerant varieties of major crop wheat were introduced increasing yields to 18%. Conservation farming practices also introduced as well as integrated pest management. Underground pipelines laid in farmers fields and used for delivering drip irrigation resulting in 40% saving