No-till farming and conservation agriculture in South Asia–issues, challenges, prospects and benefits

J Somasundaram, NK Sinha, RC Dalal… - Critical Reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Of late, intensive farming for higher food production is often associated with many negative
implications for soil systems, such as decline of soil organic matter (SOM), increase in risks …

Effective scaling of climate smart agriculture innovations in African smallholder agriculture: A review of approaches, policy and institutional strategy needs

C Makate - Environmental science & policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate variability and change is a major source of risk to smallholder farmers in Africa.
Climate related risks are linked to low productivity, food insecurity and poverty. However, the …

Agriculture supply chain risks and COVID-19: mitigation strategies and implications for the practitioners

R Sharma, A Shishodia, S Kamble… - … Journal of Logistics …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The agricultural supply chains (ASCs) are exposed to unprecedented risks following COVID-
19. It is necessary to investigate the impact of risks and to create resilient ASC organisations …

[HTML][HTML] Climate risk management and rural poverty reduction

J Hansen, J Hellin, T Rosenstock, E Fisher, J Cairns… - Agricultural …, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate variability is a major source of risk to smallholder farmers and pastoralists,
particularly in dryland regions. A growing body of evidence links climate-related risk to the …

Understanding the adoption of climate-smart agriculture: A farm-level typology with empirical evidence from southern Malawi

FO Amadu, PE McNamara, DC Miller - World Development, 2020 - Elsevier
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is increasingly important for advancing rural development
and environmental sustainability goals in develo** countries. Over the past decade, the …

[HTML][HTML] Climate-smart agriculture and food security: cross-country evidence from West Africa

M Paul Jr, GBD Aihounton, JC Lokossou - Global Environmental Change, 2023 - Elsevier
In the face of climate change and extreme weather events which continue to have significant
impacts on agricultural production, climate-smart agriculture (CSA) has emerged as one …

Drought risk to agricultural systems in Zimbabwe: A spatial analysis of hazard, exposure, and vulnerability

J Frischen, I Meza, D Rupp, K Wietler, M Hagenlocher - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The devastating impacts of drought are fast becoming a global concern. Zimbabwe is among
the countries more severely affected, where drought impacts have led to water shortages …

Assessment of CMIP6 multi-model projections worldwide: which regions are getting warmer and are going through a drought in Africa and Morocco? What changes …

AA Bouramdane - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Although climate change is an inherently global issue, its impacts will not be felt equally
across Earth's pressure belts and continental-scale regions. This study seeks to examine …

[HTML][HTML] Crops in crises: Shocks shape smallholders' diversification in rural Ethiopia

C Makate, A Angelsen, ST Holden, OT Westengen - World Development, 2022 - Elsevier
Crop diversity plays a central role in smallholder farmers' ability to cope with and adapt to
shocks. Shifting crop varieties and diversifying the crop portfolio are common risk reduction …

Impact of climate smart agriculture on food security: An agent-based analysis

D Bazzana, J Foltz, Y Zhang - Food Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
The study proposes an agent-based model to investigate how adoption of climate smart
agriculture (CSA) affects food security. The analysis investigates the role of social and …