Totin, E and Segnon, A and Schut, M and Affognon, H D and Zougmore, R B and Rosenstock, T and Thornton, P (2018) Institutional Perspectives of Climate-Smart Agriculture: A Systematic Literature Review. Sustainability (TSI), 10 (6) (1990). pp. 1-20. ISSN 2071-1050
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Abstract
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is increasingly seen as a promising approach to feed the growing world population under climate change. The review explored how institutional perspectives are reflected in the CSA literature. In total, 137 publications were analyzed using institutional analysis framework, of which 55.5% make specific reference to institutional dimensions. While the CSA concept encompasses three pillars (productivity, adaptation, and mitigation), the literature has hardly addressed them in an integrated way. The development status of study sites also seems to influence which pillars are promoted. Mitigation was predominantly addressed in high-income countries, while productivity and adaptation were priorities for middle and low-income countries. Interest in institutional aspects has been gradual in the CSA literature. It has largely focused on knowledge infrastructure, market structure, and hard institutional aspects. There has been less attention to understand whether investments in physical infrastructure and actors’ interaction, or how historical, political, and social context may influence the uptake of CSA options. Rethinking the approach to promoting CSA technologies by integrating technology packages and institutional enabling factors can provide potential opportunities for effective scaling of CSA options.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Research Program : West & Central Africa |
| CRP: | CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Climate smart agriculture; institutions; adaptation; mitigation; systematic review |
| Subjects: | Others > Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Others > Climate Change |
| Depositing User: | Mr Ramesh K |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jun 2018 08:55 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jun 2018 08:55 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/10745 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10061990 |
| Projects: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Acknowledgement: | The authors acknowledge the CGIAR Fund Council, ACIAR (Australia), European Union, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), New Zealand, The Netherlands, Switzerland, UK, and Thailand for funding to the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). This work was also carried out under the Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) consortium. ASSAR is one of four consortia under the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA), with financial support from the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID), and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, Canada. The views expressed in this work are those of the creators and do not necessarily represent those of the UK Government’s Department for International Development, the International Development Research Centre, Canada or its Board of Governors. The authors thank Beda Adza Maretha and Essegbemon Akpo for providing critical comments and editorial assistance. |
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