CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE

 The world is  facing  A monumental food security challenge ; we need to produce 70 % more food by 2050 to feed nine billion people . This problem is compounded by agriculture’s vulnerability to climate change problem .   The sector generates 20 -30 % of the total greenhouse gas emissions.  The way to get solution for these two probllems is Climate Smart Agriculture – a more resilent food system that produces more and pollutes less .

 Climate Smart  Agriculture (CSA) is an integrated  Approach  to managing landscapes to help adapt agricultural methods ,livestock and crops to the ungoing human – induced climate change and where possible counter act  it by reducing  green house gas emission , at the same time taking into account the growing  world population ensure  food security .    Climsate smart agriculture has three main pillars –

A.     Increasing agricultureal productivity  and incomes

B.     Adopting and building   resilence to climate change

C.     Reducing /removing gren house gas emissions

 CSA lists different actions  to contour  the future  challenges  for crops and plants .

With respect to rising tempersture and heat stress  eg .CSA  recommends the production of heat tolerant crops varieties , mulching ,water  management  ,nutrient management , shade house , boundry  trees  and appropriate housing and spacing for cattle .