climate smart agriculture

Question 1

what is climate smart agriculture

Answer 1

an intergrative approach to address the interlinked challenges related to food security and climate change

Question 2

what is climate smart agriculture through

Answer 2

1. economic- sustainability increasing agricultural productivity to support farming income
2. social- change in adopting and building the resilience of agricultural and food security systems to climate change at multiple levels
3. environmental- reducing and/or removing greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture

Question 3

what happened in the Asia pacific region

Answer 3

• agriculture is at risk of climate change
• it is most vulnerable to the economic sector as it relies on climate and weather
• 60% of people live in rural areas

Question 4

what is the Indian agricultural research institution (IARI)

Answer 4

• carried out climate change adaptations and developed a set of interventions to conserve resources to improve livelihoods:
  1. superior seed varities were tested and successful and made avalibale
  2. heat stress tolerant varities of major crops were introduced
  3. farmland was levelled by lasers which improved water effieciency by 15-20%