Climate-smart agricultural practices for promoting sustainable agrifood production: yield impacts and implications for food security

P Vatsa, W Ma, H Zheng, J Li - Food Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change is increasing the vulnerability of agriculture to climate risks and hindering
sustainable agrifood production. This study explored whether and to what extent adopting …

Are local development plans mainstreaming climate-smart agriculture? A mixed-content analysis of medium-term development plans in semi-arid Ghana

SK Diko, SA Okyere, S Opoku Mensah… - Socio-Ecological …, 2021 - Springer
In Africa, climate change impacts including, but not limited to, erratic rainfall and prolonged
droughts are already affecting farmers' productivity and disrupting households' livelihoods …

Climate-smart agricultural practices for enhanced farm productivity, income, resilience, and greenhouse gas mitigation: a comprehensive review

H Zheng, W Ma, Q He - Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global …, 2024 - Springer
This study reviews the literature published between 2013 and 2023 to comprehensively
understand the consequences of adopting climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices. We …

[HTML][HTML] To what extent do weather and climate information services drive the adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices in Ghana?

A Djido, RB Zougmoré, P Houessionon… - Climate Risk …, 2021 - Elsevier
There is a growing interest in understanding the linkages between the use of weather and
climate information services (WCIS) and the adoption of climate-smart agricultural (CSA) …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of CGIAR maize germplasm in Sub-Saharan Africa

VV Krishna, MA Lantican, BM Prasanna, K Pixley… - Field Crops …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study reports on the adoption and impacts of CGIAR-related maize varieties in 18 major
maize-producing countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) during 1995–2015. Of the 1345 …

Farmers' preferences for climate-smart cowpea varieties: Implications for crop breeding programmes

E Martey, PM Etwire, DS Adogoba… - Climate and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Despite sustained efforts to promote climate-smart technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA), adoption remains low. At the same time, the downside risks associated with climate …

Heterogeneous impacts of greenhouse farming technology as climate-smart agriculture on household welfare in Ghana

DA Torsu, G Danso-Abbeam, AA Ogundeji… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
The contributions of climate-smart agriculture to the transformation of agri-food systems as
well as reducing the vulnerability of smallholder agriculture production to climate change in …

Determinants of the adoption of climate smart agriculture practices by smallholder wheat farmers in northwestern Ethiopia

S Alemayehu, Z Ayalew, M Sileshi, F Zeleke - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Frequent climate variability and change had the strongest direct influences on the
availability and accessibility of food through reducing agricultural productivity and cropping …

Africa's “seed” revolution and value chain constraints to early generation seeds commercialization and adoption in Ghana

PT Quarshie, AR Abdulai, EDG Fraser - Frontiers in Sustainable Food …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The study aims to deepen understanding of how Early Generation Seeds value chain
constraints impede commercialization and adoption of High Yielding Varieties (HYV) or …

Promoting sustainable agrifood production under climate change: adaptation, returns, and food security implications

H Zheng, W Ma, X Zhou - International Journal of Sustainable …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Climate change is challenging sustainable agrifood production and food security, and
encouraging farmers' climate change adaptation can help promote sustainable agrifood …