A review of climate-smart agriculture research and applications in Africa

PM Barasa, CM Botai, JO Botai, T Mabhaudhi - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Funders and governments are promoting climate-smart agriculture (CSA) as key to
agricultural adaptation under climate change in Africa. However, with its progressions still at …

A review of greenhouse gas emissions from the agriculture sector in Africa

MI Tongwane, ME Moeletsi - Agricultural Systems, 2018 - Elsevier
Agricultural activities contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to the atmosphere. The
GHG emissions from agriculture in Africa are among the fastest growing emissions in the …

[HTML][HTML] Improving the use of crop models for risk assessment and climate change adaptation

AJ Challinor, C Müller, S Asseng, C Deva, KJ Nicklin… - Agricultural systems, 2018 - Elsevier
Crop models are used for an increasingly broad range of applications, with a commensurate
proliferation of methods. Careful framing of research questions and development of targeted …

Climate change impacts and adaptation for dryland farming systems in Zimbabwe: a stakeholder-driven integrated multi-model assessment

SHK Tui, K Descheemaeker, RO Valdivia, P Masikati… - Climatic Change, 2021 - Springer
Decision makers need accurate information to address climate variability and change and
accelerate transformation to sustainability. A stakeholder-driven, science-based multi-model …

Heat stress impacts on lactating cows grazing Australian summer pastures on an automatic robotic dairy

R Osei-Amponsah, FR Dunshea, BJ Leury, L Cheng… - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Heat stress (HS) is a major challenge for sustainable livestock production,
which compromises animal welfare and performance during the hot summer months …

Improving assessments of the three pillars of climate smart agriculture: current achievements and ideas for the future

MT van Wijk, L Merbold, J Hammond… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In this study we evaluate Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) assessment tools with regard to
their suitability for covering not only biophysical but also socio-economic aspects of CSA …

Evidence supports the potential for climate-smart agriculture in Tanzania

K Jones, A Nowak, E Berglund, W Grinnell, E Temu… - Global Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract National governments across Sub-Saharan Africa include climate-smart agriculture
(CSA)—context-specific interventions that support resilience, productivity, and climate …

[HTML][HTML] When and where are livestock climate-smart? A spatial-temporal framework for comparing the climate change and food security synergies and tradeoffs of …

LA Germer, CE van Middelaar, SJ Oosting… - Agricultural Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
CONTEXT The livestock sector in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is under increasing pressure to
define its role in jointly addressing food security and climate change. Climate-smart …

Methane production and estimation from livestock husbandry: A mechanistic understanding and emerging mitigation options

S Kumari, RK Fagodiya, M Hiloidhari, RP Dahiya… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Globally, livestock is an important contributor to methane (CH 4) emissions. This paper
reviewed the various CH 4 measurement and estimation techniques and mitigation …

Systematic review of multi-dimensional vulnerabilities in the Himalayas

H Sultan, J Zhan, W Rashid, X Chu… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Himalayan region is a fragile high mountain landscape where the population
experiences acute vulnerability within a complex coupled human–natural system due to …