Adaptation Strategies in Coping with Climate Change Impacts for Improved Crop Health and Sustainable Food Production

2010 ◽  
pp. 325-342
Author(s):  
Abul Kalam Samsul Huda ◽  
Raj Mehrotra ◽  
Ashish Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Sustainable Food Production ◽  
Crop Health

scholarly journals Effects of climate adaptation on technical efficiency of maize production in Northern Ghana

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
William Adzawla ◽  
Hamdiyah Alhassan
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Crop Rotation ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Northern Ghana ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Sustainable Food Production

AbstractClimate adaptation is an essential strategy for responding to climate change at local levels and required for sustainable food production to meet the growing food demand. In this light, this study analyzed the effects of climate adaptation strategies on technical efficiency of maize farmers in Northern Ghana. This involved a total of 619 maize farmers that were selected through a multistage sampling procedure. A Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier was fitted to the data. From the result, the major climate adaptation strategies adopted by the farmers include row planting, changing planting date, mixed farming, refilling, and intercropping. The frontier result shows that while climate adaptation significantly leads to higher maize outputs, only crop rotation and row planting significantly improve technical efficiency of maize farmers. Other factors that significantly influence maize output are farm size, labor, seed, and chemicals. The study concludes that climate adaptation, particularly, crop rotation and row planting, remains essential adaptation strategies for sustainable food production in the region. However, further understanding of mechanisms through which majority of the climate adaptation strategies significantly reduce technical efficiency is required.

Motivating cocoa farmers to adopt agroforestry practices for mitigating climate change

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Kayode Arimi ◽  
Ayodeji Omoare
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Carbon Markets ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Natural Solution ◽  
Cocoa Farmers ◽  
Change Mitigation ◽  
Agroforestry Practices

Abstract With the adverse effects of climate change becoming more prominent, more effective strategies for reducing the increase in atmospheric CO2 levels are required for mitigating further climate change. Increasing use of renewable energy by farmers motivated to practice agroforestry is one natural solution for reducing those climate change impacts. Unfortunately, climate change mitigation through agroforestry has been inhibited by a lack of scientific validation. In this paper, we ascertain factors that motivate African cocoa farmers to use agroforestry practices for enhancing food production as well as for mitigating climate change. We analyzed data collected from 120 farmers from the Oyo state of Nigeria through descriptive and regression analysis statistical tools. We found that access to information (β = 0.23, t = 2.18) and extension service (β = 0.23, t = 2.27) was associated with greater willingness of farmers to participate in agroforestry whereas negative attitudes (β = −0.29, t = −3.21) were associated with a lower involvement of cocoa farmers in agroforestry practices. We conclude that effective climate change mitigation programs need to do more to motivate farmers to adopt agroforestry practices by increasing their understanding of the benefits to be derived from carbon markets and by providing them with the necessary tools for employing these practices for climate change mitigation and more sustainable food production.

scholarly journals Systemic Agro-Homeopathy: A New Approach to Agriculture

2021 ◽  
Vol 06 (03) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Francesco Di Lorenzo ◽  
◽  
Giovanni Dinelli ◽  
Ilaria Marotti ◽  
Grazia Trebbi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Modern Agriculture ◽  
Sustainable Food Production ◽  
Quality Of Water ◽  
Water And Soil Pollution

Modern agriculture must meet the changing needs of society both in terms of food quality and with regards to the environmental issues related to primary production (e.g., biodiversity, habitats, the quality of water and air, and climate change). In this context, win-win solutions at the farm level are required, with more sustainable food production, as well as, a reduction in air, water, and soil pollution, and loss of biodiversity and natural resources. To address these issues, a new emerging discipline called “systemic agro-homeopathy” is currently being developed. This approach considers plants and their interactions with the environment as a unified agroecosystem, called the “holon” and it is based on the use of substances at ultrahigh dilutions that are safe for farmers and have no ecological side effects. This report describes the principles and the application of this approach.

scholarly journals Synergies and Trade-Offs for Sustainable Food Production in Sweden: An Integrated Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malin Tälle ◽  
Lotten Wiréhn ◽  
Daniel Ellström ◽  
Mattias Hjerpe ◽  
Maria Huge-Brodin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Resource Distribution ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Production Chain ◽  
Sustainable Food Production ◽  
Trade Offs

The production of food can have large impacts on sustainable development in relation to various socio-ecological dimensions, like climate change, the environment, animal welfare, livestock epidemiology, and the economy. To achieve a sustainable food production system in Sweden, an integrated approach that considers all five of these dimensions, and all parts of the food production chain, is necessary. This paper systematically reviewed the literature related to food production in Sweden, especially in association with resource distribution and recycling logistics, and identified potential sustainability interventions and assessed their effects according to the five dimensions. Participation of stakeholders across the food production chain contributed with the focus of the literature search and subsequent synthesis. In general, there were synergies between the sustainability interventions and their effect on climate change and the environment, while there often were trade-offs between effects on the economy and the other dimensions. Few interventions considered effects on animal welfare or livestock epidemiology and few studies dealt with resource distribution and recycling logistics. This indicates that there is a need for future research that considers this in particular, as well as research that considers the whole food production chain and all dimensions at once, and investigates effects across multiple scales.

Governing climate change for sustainable food production: A case study of emerging markets

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-75
Author(s):  
Robert Ddamulira
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
Future Success ◽  
Governance Challenges ◽  
Change Impact ◽  
Document Review

This article addresses three research questions: How does climate change impact food production? What are the governance challenges associated with managing such impacts? What are the conditions for future success in managing the impacts of climate change on food production? To answer these questions, the researcher undertook a document review and analysis to address these various aspects with a major focus on East Africa. The study finds that climate change affects food production largely through its physical impacts on precipitation and increased the frequency of extreme weather events. Within a context of weak governance; climate change further challenges governance institutional structures and mechanisms. The study concludes that specific aspects of the prevailing climate change governance regime require major reforms (particularly the role of the state, corporations and civil society) while other climate governance mechanisms need to be completely overhauled (for example through establishment of a new World Environment Organization).

scholarly journals Actions on sustainable food production and consumption for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. eabc8259
Author(s):  
Izabela Delabre ◽  
Lily O. Rodriguez ◽  
Joanna Miller Smallwood ◽  
Jörn P. W. Scharlemann ◽  
Joseph Alcamo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Transformative Change ◽  
Political Commitment ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Sustainable Food Production ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Barriers And Opportunities ◽  
Sustainability Standards

Current food production and consumption trends are inconsistent with the Convention on Biological Diversity’s 2050 vision of living in harmony with nature. Here, we examine how, and under what conditions, the post-2020 biodiversity framework can support transformative change in food systems. Our analysis of actions proposed in four science-policy fora reveals that subsidy reform, valuation, food waste reduction, sustainability standards, life cycle assessments, sustainable diets, mainstreaming biodiversity, and strengthening governance can support more sustainable food production and consumption. By considering barriers and opportunities of implementing these actions in Peru and the United Kingdom, we derive potential targets and indicators for the post-2020 biodiversity framework. For targets to support transformation, genuine political commitment, accountability and compliance, and wider enabling conditions and actions by diverse agents are needed to shift food systems onto a sustainable path.

Impacts of environmental change on sustainable food production in Southwest Ontario, Canada

1989 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 291-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Brklacich ◽  
B. Smit ◽  
C. Bryant ◽  
J. Dumanski
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Change ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Sustainable Food Production

Characterizing farm-level social relations’ influence on sustainable food production

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rusyan Jill Mamiit ◽  
Steven Gray ◽  
John Yanagida
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Farm Level ◽  
Sustainable Food Production
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