Climate Smart Agriculture: Building Resilience to Climate Change

• Main Author: Giacomo Branca (auth)
• Other Authors: Solomon Asfaw (auth), Leslie Lipper (auth), Nancy McCarthy (auth), David Zilberman (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2017
• Series: Natural Resource Management and Policy
• Subjects: Technology, engineering, agriculture; agricultural development; food security; adaptation; climate change
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The book uses an economic lens to identify the main features of climate-smart agriculture (CSA), its likely impact, and the challenges associated with its implementation. Drawing upon theory and concepts from agricultural development, institutional, and resource economics, this book expands and form...