The power of “farmer friendly” financial incentives to deliver climate smart agriculture: a critical data gap

Siedenburg, Jules; Martin, Adrian; McGuire, Shawn

doi:10.1080/1943815x.2012.748304

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“…They concluded that a lack of empirical evidence and adequate counterfactuals made it difficult to draw any conclusions about whether certifications had long-lasting impacts. In this study, we draw from their conclusions and identify further empirical gaps, such as a critical lack of information on the perceptions of participating landowners (in this case coffee growers) towards the certification schemes (Siedenburg et al 2012). We aim to better understand the implications of sustainable coffee certifications by delving into the lived experiences of producers.…”

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Does environmental certification in coffee promote “business as usual”? A case study from the Western Ghats, India

Bose

Vira

García³

2016

Ambio

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Does environmental certification in coffee promote “business as usual”? A case study from the Western Ghats, India

Bose

Vira

García³

2016

Ambio

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“…Much of the debates expressed in literature on climate finance for agriculture and forestry sectors have centred on country readiness, sustaining finance from donors and institutional access to funds available from multilateral and bilateral donors (see Streck 2012;Dugumaa et al 2014;Ye et al 2015). However, mechanisms to channel climate finance resources to sub-national and vulnerable community have been poorly demonstrated (Siedenburg et al 2012). As such, informants from both case studies identified that reaching the most vulnerable farmers was a challenge which can be overcome by continuous risk assessments, local government involvement and mainstreaming within local development plans.…”

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“…Scholarly evaluation of climate change programs will provide information on types of on-farm and off-farm opportunities needed for smallholder farmers and organisations in support of CSA. Such research would also provide evidence of the 'farmer friendly' (Siedenburg et al 2012) characteristics, incentives and challenges in implementing CSA.…”

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Climate-smart agriculture in practice: insights from smallholder farmers, Timor-Leste and the Philippines, Southeast Asia

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The climate challenges confronting agriculture are multiple, interconnected and multi-scaled.Agriculture is a source of increasing greenhouse gas emissions, but it is also vulnerable to climate change impacts. Adopting resilient approaches in the agricultural industry can help to contribute to both climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation. Climate-smart agriculture has emerged as a solution to address the multiple challenges of climate change and food security by sustainably increasing productivity, enhancing resilience and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. To date, there is limited scholarly evidence on what constitutes climate-smart agriculture, and how it is framed globally and practiced by smallholder farming communities. This research helps to bridge this gap by analysing the international discourse around climate-smart agriculture, and providing local empirical evidence derived from smallholder farming communities in the Philippines and TimorLeste.At the broad level, this research aims to identify how climate-smart agriculture within communitybased adaptation programs is contributing to the integration of mitigation and adaptation responses to climate change. Drawing from political ecology and climate change (adaptation and mitigation sciences) theories, the research explains how socio-institutional factors -inequality, unequal power relations and social injustice -influence climate-smart agriculture. The theoretical arguments are illustrated with empirical case studies of smallholder farmers and civil society organisations in the two case studies. Using mixed qualitative methods and descriptive analysis of over 150 semistructured interviews, focus group discussions and participant observation, the research examines climate-smart agriculture practices across three broad categories: vulnerability of smallholder farmers (socioeconomic factors), synergistic relationships (adaptation, mitigation and food security) and governance (socio-institutional determinants).This research argues that mitigation and adaptation interventions are climate-smart for smallholder farmers when they directly address local climate risks, support a combination of adaptation, food security and livelihood strategies, and empower at-risk and marginalised populations. Results indicate that climate-smart agriculture in the Philippines and Timor-Leste are characterised and influenced by multiple socio-institutional factors. The increasing burden of loss and damage as a result of extreme climate events subject women to migration, increased discrimination, loss of customary rights to land, resource poverty and food insecurity. In terms of farming practices implemented by smallholder farmers, most adaptation actions were found to have corresponding positive mitigation, food security and livelihood co-benefits. At the community level, climate-smart interventions are highly locationspecific, technically rigorous, involve knowledge-intensive processes, and are influenced by the finance and capacities of local farming com...

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“…Thirdly, there are factors that constrain communities and individuals from taking part in mitigation-oriented carbon and agricultural projects. Such access problems can result from unsuitable financing (Siedenburg et al, 2012), problems of tenure (Robledo et al, 2012), local inequalities arising from, for example, wealth and gender constraints (Brown and Corbera, 2003;Lee et al, forthcoming), and discrimination based on ethnicity or social histories (Martin et al, 2013a).…”

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1. Forests, Trees and Landscapes for Food Security and Nutrition

Vira¹,

Agarwal²,

Jamnadass³

et al. 2015

Forests and Food

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PrefaceConnecting the dots W ith the establishment of the Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP) initiative in the year 2007, the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) created an international mechanism which effectively links scientific knowledge with political decision-making on forests. The GFEP responds directly to key forest-related policy questions by consolidating available scientific knowledge and expertise on these questions at a global level. It provides decision-makers with the most relevant, objective and accurate information, and thus makes an essential contribution to international forest governance.This report entitled "Forests, Trees and Landscapes for Food Security and Nutrition" presents the results of the fourth global scientific assessment undertaken so far in the framework of GFEP. Previous assessments addressed the adaptation of forests and people to climate change; international forest governance; and the relationship between biodiversity, carbon, forests and people. All assessment reports were prepared by internationally recognised scientists from a variety of biophysical and social science disciplines. They have all been presented to decision-makers across relevant international policy fora. In this way, GFEP supports a more coherent policy dialogue about the role of forests in addressing broader environmental, social and economic challenges.The current report reflects the importance of policy coherence and integration more than any previous GFEP assessment. It comes at a time when the United Nations General Assembly seeks to adopt a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which build upon the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and converge with the post-2015 development agenda. In this context, the eradication of hunger, realisation of food security and the improvement of nutrition are of particular relevance. By 2050, the international community will face the challenge of providing 9 billion people with food, shelter and energy. Despite impressive productivity increases, there is growing evidence that conventional agricultural strategies will fall short of eliminating global hunger and malnutrition. The assessment report in hand provides comprehensive scientific evidence on how forests, trees and landscapes can be -and must be -an integral part of the solution to this global problem. In other words, we must connect the dots and see the bigger picture.The review of the International Arrangement on Forests by the member states of the United Nations Forum on Forests provides a unique opportunity to integrate forests into the SDGs in a holistic manner and to promote synergies in the implementation of the post-2015 development agenda across multiple levels of governance. It is my hope that those with a responsibility for forests, food security and nutrition at all levels will find this report, and its accompanying policy brief, a useful source of information and inspiration.

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The power of “farmer friendly” financial incentives to deliver climate smart agriculture: a critical data gap

Cited by 19 publications

References 8 publications

Does environmental certification in coffee promote “business as usual”? A case study from the Western Ghats, India

Does environmental certification in coffee promote “business as usual”? A case study from the Western Ghats, India

Climate-smart agriculture in practice: insights from smallholder farmers, Timor-Leste and the Philippines, Southeast Asia

1. Forests, Trees and Landscapes for Food Security and Nutrition

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