Rethinking resilient agriculture: From Climate-Smart Agriculture to Vulnerable-Smart Agriculture

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

卷:319

Article

Azadi, Hossein^1,2,3  Moghaddam, Saghi Movahhed²  Burkart, Stefan⁴  Mahmoudi, Hossein⁵  Van Passel, Steven⁶  Kurban, Alishir^3,7,8,9  Lopez-Carr, David¹⁰ 

[1] Univ Ghent, Dept Geog, Ghent, Belgium

[2] Czech Univ Life Sci Prague, Fac Environm Sci, Prague, Czech Republic

[3] Chinese Acad Sci, Xinjiang Inst Ecol & Geog, 818 South Beijing Rd, Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang, Peoples R China

[4] Alliance Biovers Int & Int Ctr Trop Agr CIAT, Trop Forages Program, Cali, Colombia

[5] Shahid Beheshti Univ, Environm Sci Res Inst, Dept Agroecol, Tehran, Iran

[6] Univ Antwerp, Dept Engn Management, Antwerp, Belgium

[7] Chinese Acad Sci, Res Ctr Ecol & Environm Cent Asia, 818 South Beijing Rd, Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang, Peoples R China

[8] Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China

[9] Sino Belgian Joint Lab Geoinformat, Urumqi 830011, Peoples R China

[10] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Geog, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA

关键词: Vulnerability;    Sustainable livelihood;    Food security;    Climate change;    Small-scale farming;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128602

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

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.

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