Climate-Smart Agriculture: Helping the World Produce More Food
Summary
TLDRClimate change is severely impacting African agriculture, causing droughts, floods, and food scarcity. To meet the 2050 food demand, global production must rise by 70%. Climate-smart agriculture offers a solution, with practices like water harvesting, on-farm trees, mulching, and intercropping enhancing yields and resilience. These methods not only stabilize food production but also sequester carbon, providing carbon credits for farmers. Countries like Burkina Faso, China, and Brazil are already adopting these practices, making agriculture a part of the climate change solution.
Takeaways
- 🌍 Climate change is severely impacting agriculture, particularly in Africa, causing issues like droughts, floods, pests, and diseases.
- 🌾 Poorer crop yields due to climate change lead to less food and lower incomes, affecting the livelihoods of 2/3 of the world's poor who depend on the land.
- 🌧️ Erratic rainfall patterns have led to failed harvests, with some farmers experiencing up to a 40% reduction in their yields.
- 🌱 To feed the projected global population of 9 billion by 2050, food production must increase by 70%.
- 🌳 Deforestation, driven by activities like charcoal and firewood production, has led to the disappearance of forests and a decrease in rainfall.
- 🌱 Climate smart agriculture offers a solution with practices that increase yields, adapt to climate changes, and store carbon in plants and soil.
- 💧 Water harvesting and on-farm trees are examples of climate smart practices that help farmers adapt to changing rainfall and protect crops.
- 🌿 Mulching, intercropping, and zero-grazed livestock are other methods that ensure reliable yields and contribute to soil health.
- 🏞️ Climate smart agriculture not only increases food production but also contributes to healthier landscapes that are more resilient to climate extremes.
- 💰 Farmers can earn money through carbon credits by increasing carbon capture in their soil, as piloted by the World Bank in Kenya.
- 🌱 The adoption of climate smart agriculture is a path to green growth, making it a win for food security, environmental health, and climate change mitigation.
Q & A
How is climate change affecting agriculture in Africa?
-Climate change is causing droughts, floods, pests, and diseases in Africa, which leads to poorer crops, less food, and lower incomes. It also accelerates land degradation, putting the livelihoods of the world's poor, who depend on the land, at risk.
What is the projected increase in global food production needed by 2050 to feed the world's population?
-Global food production needs to increase by 70% by 2050 to feed an estimated 9 billion people.
What is the impact of deforestation on rainfall and agriculture as described in the script?
-Deforestation, such as cutting down trees for charcoal and firewood, has led to the disappearance of forests, which in turn has resulted in less rainfall and a negative impact on agriculture.
What is climate smart agriculture and how does it help in managing climate change?
-Climate smart agriculture is a way to grow crops and manage land with higher yields based on climate-resilient systems while storing carbon in plants and soil. It includes practices like water harvesting, on-farm trees, mulching, intercropping, and zero-grazed livestock, which help in adapting to climate change and increasing productivity.
How does water harvesting help farmers adapt to erratic rainfall?
-Water harvesting captures runoff for better crops, helping farmers adapt to erratic rainfall in dry areas by providing a more reliable water source for their crops.
What role do on-farm trees play in climate smart agriculture?
-On-farm trees protect crops from wind, provide nutrients through their roots and leaves, and serve as a source of fodder for livestock and firewood for the kitchen. They also contribute to soil conservation and prevent erosion.
What are the benefits of mulching and intercropping in climate smart agriculture?
-Mulching and intercropping are practices that ensure more reliable yields by maintaining soil moisture and preventing soil erosion. They also help in improving soil fertility and structure.
How does zero-grazed livestock contribute to climate smart agriculture?
-Zero-grazed livestock can make intensive use of small plots, providing milk and returning manure to the land. The manure helps retain moisture in the soil, which is beneficial during periods of little rainfall.
What is the significance of terraces on sloping land in climate smart agriculture?
-Terraces on sloping land help hold soil, water, and nutrients in place, preventing erosion and stabilizing production, which is crucial for maintaining agricultural productivity on slopes.
How does climate smart agriculture contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions?
-Agriculture, soil erosion, and deforestation contribute to a third of total greenhouse gas emissions. Climate smart agriculture helps reduce these emissions by promoting practices that increase carbon sequestration in vegetation and soil.
What is the potential benefit of carbon credits for farmers practicing climate smart agriculture?
-If farmers increase carbon in the soil through climate smart agriculture, they can earn money through carbon credits, which provide an economic incentive for adopting sustainable farming practices.
In which countries is climate smart agriculture being practiced as mentioned in the script?
-Climate smart agriculture is being practiced in Burkina Faso, China, Brazil, India, Ethiopia, and South Africa, among others.
Outlines
🌱 Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture
The paragraph highlights the detrimental effects of climate change on agriculture, particularly in Africa. It discusses how climate change leads to droughts, floods, pests, and diseases, resulting in poorer crop yields, less food, and lower incomes. It emphasizes the risk to the livelihoods of the world's poor, who are heavily dependent on land. The paragraph also touches on the past when the hills were covered with trees and rain was abundant, contrasting it with the current situation where deforestation has led to a lack of rainfall. The concept of climate-smart agriculture is introduced as a solution to increase crop yields while storing carbon in plants and soil.
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Keywords
💡Climate change
💡Agriculture
💡Droughts and floods
💡Climate-smart agriculture
💡Land degradation
💡Food production
💡Deforestation
💡Carbon credits
💡Soil erosion
💡Green growth
💡Carbon capture
Highlights
Climate change severely impacts agriculture, particularly in Africa, leading to droughts, floods, pests, and diseases.
Poorer crops due to climate change result in less food and lower incomes for farmers.
Climate change accelerates land degradation, threatening the livelihoods of 2/3 of the world's poor who depend on the land.
Global food production must increase by 70% to feed 9 billion people by 2050.
Deforestation for charcoal and firewood has led to the disappearance of forests and a decrease in rainfall.
Climate smart agriculture offers a way to grow crops and manage land with higher yields while storing carbon.
Water harvesting captures runoff for better crops, helping farmers adapt to erratic rainfall.
On-farm trees protect crops from wind, provide nutrients, and serve as a source of fodder and firewood.
Mulching and intercropping are practices that ensure more reliable yields.
Zero-grazed livestock can make intensive use of small plots, providing milk and returning manure to the land.
Terraces on sloping land help hold soil, water, and nutrients in place, stabilizing production.
Agriculture, soil erosion, and deforestation contribute a third of total greenhouse gas emissions.
Healthy farmland in climate smart agriculture captures carbon in vegetation and soil.
Farmers can earn money through carbon credits by increasing carbon in the soil.
The World Bank is piloting carbon credit approaches in Kenya to support climate smart agriculture.
Climate smart agriculture is a triple win: more food, healthier landscapes, and more carbon capture.
Climate smart agriculture is already being practiced in Burkina Faso, China, Brazil, India, Ethiopia, and South Africa.
Now is the time to take action and make agriculture a part of the climate change solution.
Transcripts
the changing climate is hitting
agriculture hard especially in
Africa it brings droughts and floods
pests and
diseases it means poorer crops less food
and lower
incomes climate change also accelerates
land
degradation 2/3 of the world's poor
depend on the land and their livelihoods
are at risk this season we did plant
thinking that the rain will come in time
but to our surprise the rain came very
late and you'll find even our Harvest it
is gone now to 40%
only to feed 9 billion people in 2050
Global food production needs to increase
by
70% here in
1975 these Hills were covered with trees
and we used to have rain almost every
single day of the year and then people
started cutting down trees for charcoal
and firewood and the forest has
disappeared and we do not have those
rains anymore climate change has become
a
reality but what if there was a way to
grow crops and manage land with higher
yields based on climate resilient
systems while storing carbon in plants
and and the soil at the same time well
there is it's climate smart
agriculture examples of climate smart
agriculture at
work water harvesting captures runoff
for better crops helping Farmers adapt
to erratic rainfall in dry areas on-farm
trees protect crops from wind provide
nutrients through their roots and leaves
and are a source of fodder for livestock
and firewood for the kitchen
candra is a
fum uh and I have it a lot planted all
over my farm as a soil conservation
device it's planted along the Contours
to prevent soil erosion uh you can see
this one is here the other one is up
here and quite a number are also
Downstream uh another benefit of cand I
also use it for as a as a fod crop that
is to to feed my my
animals mulching and intercropping are
practices that ensure more reliable
yields and zero grazed livestock can
make intensive use of small plots
providing milk and returning manure to
the land the manure helps retain the
moisture in the soil so when we get
little
rain the the underground the underground
now has moist on sloping land Terraces
hold soil water and nutrients in place
helping to stabilize
production did you know that agriculture
soil erosion and deforestation together
contribute a third of total greenhouse
gas
emissions while climate smart
agriculture brings yet another benefit
because healthy Farmland captures carbon
in vegetation and in the soil as
well if Farmers increase carbon in the
soil they can even earn money through
carbon credits the World Bank is
piloting this approach in Kenya it's
going to help a lot because first it's
going to provide uh extension service to
totally new areas where we've not been
secondly it's going to be a learning
point
for for everyone who is concerned with
with carbon issues really cuz the first
time it's going to incorporate issues of
so so climate smart agriculture is a
triple win there's more food on the
table there are healthier Landscapes
that are more resilient to droughts and
floods and at the same time
plants and soil capture more
carbon many farmers are climate smart
already in Burkina Faso in China in
Brazil in India in Ethiopia and in South
Africa climate smart agriculture it's a
path to green growth so now is the time
to take action you can make agriculture
a part of the climate change solution
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