Climate change; Food security; Small-scale farming; Sustainable livelihood; Vulnerability; Impact on the environment; Policy makers; Rural livelihood; Security problems; Small scale farmers; Small scale farming; Smart agricultures; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment; Environmental Science (all); Strategy and Management; Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; General Environmental Science; Building and Construction
Abstract :
[en] Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) is seeking to overcome the food security problem and develop rural livelihoods while minimizing negative impacts on the environment. However, when such synergies exist, the situation of small-scale farmers is often overlooked, and they are unable to implement new practices and technologies. Therefore, the main aim of this study is to improve CSA by adding the neglected but very important element “small-scale farmer”, and introduce Vulnerable-Smart Agriculture (VSA) as a complete version of CSA. VSA indicates, based on the results of this study, that none of the decisions made by policymakers can be realistic and functional as long as the voice of the farmers influenced by their decisions is not heard. Therefore, to identify different levels for possible interventions and develop VSA monitoring indicators, a new conceptual framework needs to be developed. This study proposed such a framework consisting of five elements: prediction of critical incidents by farmers, measuring the consequences of incidents, identifying farmers' coping strategies, assessing farmers' livelihood capital when facing an incident, and adapting to climate incidents. The primary focus of this study is on farmers’ learning and operational preparation to deal with tension and disasters at farm level. Understanding the implications of threats from climate change and the recognizing of coping mechanisms will contribute to an increase in understanding sustainable management.
Disciplines :
Agriculture & agronomy
Author, co-author :
Azadi, Hossein ; Université de Liège - ULiège > TERRA Research Centre > Modélisation et développement ; Department of Geography, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium ; Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic ; Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China
Movahhed Moghaddam, Saghi; Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Burkart, Stefan; Tropical Forages Program, The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia
Mahmoudi, Hossein; Department of Agroecology, Environmental Sciences Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Van Passel, Steven; Department of Engineering Management, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Kurban, Alishir; Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China ; Research Center for Ecology and Environment of Central Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China ; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China ; Sino-Belgian Joint Laboratory for Geo-Information, Urumqi, China
Lopez-Carr, David; Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, United States
Language :
English
Title :
Rethinking resilient agriculture: From Climate-Smart Agriculture to Vulnerable-Smart Agriculture
This research paper was partly funded by the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDA20060303 ) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences President’s International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI grant no. 2021VCA0004 ).
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