Working Paper

Large-scale implementation of adaptation and mitigation actions in agriculture

author(s) Cooper, Peter J.M. - Cappiello S - Vermeulen, Sonja J. - Campbell, Bruce M. - Zougmoré, Robert B. - Kinyangi, James
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themes
regions
  • Africa
  • World
  • Asia
  • Eastern Asia
  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Americas
  • Northern America
  • Southern Asia
  • South-Eastern Asia
  • Western Africa
  • South America
  • Northern Europe
  • Europe
citation

Cooper PJM, Cappiello S, Vermeulen SJ, Campbell BM, Zougmoré R, Kinyangi J. 2013. Large-scale implementation of adaptation and mitigation actions in agriculture. CCAFS Working Paper No. 50. CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
Large-scale implementation of adaptation and mitigation actions in agriculture

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Abstract

This paper identifies sixteen cases of large-scale actions in the agriculture and forestry sectors that have adaptation and/or mitigation outcomes, and distils lessons from the cases. The cases cover policy and strategy development (including where climate-smart objectives were not the initial aim), climate risk management through insurance, weather information services and social protection, and agricultural initiatives that have a strong link to climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Key lessons learned include:
- Trade-offs can be avoided, at least in the near-term and over limited spatial scale
- We need cost-effective and comparable indices for measuring GHG fluxes and for
monitoring adaptive capacity
- Strong government support is crucial to enable large-scale successes
- Upfront costs may be substantial and can be met from multiple sources
- An iterative and participatory learning approach with investment in capacity
strengthening is critical.

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