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Nurturing Sustainability: A Dive into Climate Smart Agriculture


Ashutosh Suryavanshi, Gaurav Mishra
Pages: 49-66
ISBN: 978-93-5834-537-7


Advanced Trends in Agricultural Extension (Volume -8)

Advanced Trends in Agricultural Extension
(Volume - 8)

Abstract

"Nurturing Sustainability: A Dive into Climate Smart Agriculture" provides a thorough examination of the fundamental concepts, methods, difficulties, and potential outcomes of Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA). Amidst increasing climatic uncertainties and the urgent need to guarantee food security, CSA (climatic-Smart Agriculture) arises as a crucial framework aimed at revolutionizing agricultural landscapes. This chapter explores the fundamental elements of CSA, clarifying its essential ideas of sustainable productivity, adaptation, mitigation, and resilience. It utilizes a wide range of advanced technology and procedures, including precision agriculture, conservation approaches, drought-tolerant crop varieties, agroforestry, and enhanced irrigation methods. These approaches are fundamental to CSA, providing farmers with tools to increase agricultural productivity while minimizing environmental effect. Nevertheless, despite its potential, the chapter faces obstacles that impede the widespread implementation of CSA. The text explores the topics of scarce resources, insufficient policies, technical disparities, and obstacles to the dissemination of knowledge. Furthermore, it emphasizes the necessity of adopting inclusive and gender-sensitive strategies to guarantee fair involvement and advantages for all parties involved in the agricultural industry. In anticipation, the chapter delineates auspicious future trajectories for CSA. The text underscores the importance of technology progress, policy backing, financial mechanisms, and knowledge-sharing platforms as essential means to overcome obstacles and promote wider acceptance. The necessity of cooperative efforts between governments, research institutions, NGOs, and local communities is emphasized in order to advance CSA as a revolutionary strategy for achieving sustainable agriculture in the context of climate change. This chapter functions as a guide, promoting the acceptance and incorporation of CSA into agricultural policy and practices on a global scale. The objective is to motivate individuals and organisations involved to give greater importance to sustainability, resilience and environmental stewardship in the advancement of agriculture. This will create a path towards a food future that is more sustainable, secure, and fair for future generations.

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