2. Climate change is one of the most significant challenges faced by the agriculture sector
today.
Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) is a framework that seeks to tackle the challenge of
climate change by promoting sustainable agricultural practices.
The aim of this presentation is to explore the concept of CSA and its benefits.
4. Climate Smart Agriculture is an approach to farming that
aims to sustainably increase productivity, resilience, and
adaptive capacity while reducing greenhouse gas
emissions and increasing carbon sequestration.
CSA promotes the integration of climate
adaptation and mitigation measures into
agricultural production systems.
5. Key components of
Climate Smart
Agriculture
CSA has three main components:
• Sustainable productivity: Ensuring food security and
increasing agricultural productivity through sustainable
practices.
• Climate adaptation: Building resilience to climate change
by adapting to its impacts.
• Climate mitigation: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
and increasing carbon sequestration.
6. Sustainable
Productivity:
Practices to
Enhance
Agricultural
Productivity
CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE:
REDUCING SOIL DISTURBANCE AND
INCREASING SOIL COVER TO IMPROVE
SOIL HEALTH AND REDUCE EROSION.
AGROFORESTRY: GROWING TREES
AND CROPS TOGETHER TO IMPROVE
SOIL HEALTH, DIVERSIFY CROPS, AND
SEQUESTER CARBON.
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT:
REDUCING PESTICIDE USE AND
PROMOTING NATURAL PEST
CONTROL METHODS.
EFFICIENT USE OF WATER:
PROMOTING EFFICIENT IRRIGATION
TECHNIQUES AND WATER
CONSERVATION MEASURES.
7. Climate Adaptation: Practices to
Build Resilience to Climate Change
• Diversification: Diversifying crops and livestock
to reduce vulnerability to climate impacts.
• Crop rotation: Rotating crops to improve soil
health and reduce pest and disease pressure.
• Water management: Building water harvesting
and storage infrastructure to cope with
drought and water scarcity.
• Early warning systems: Developing systems to
monitor and predict weather patterns and
other climate-related risks.
8. Climate Mitigation:
Practices to Reduce
Greenhouse Gas
Emissions
• Conservation agriculture: Reducing tillage and
promoting soil cover to sequester carbon.
• Agroforestry: Planting trees to sequester
carbon and provide biomass for energy
production.
• Livestock management: Reducing methane
emissions from livestock through improved
feeding practices and manure management.
• Renewable energy: Promoting the use of
renewable energy sources such as solar and
wind power in agriculture.
9. Benefits of Climate Smart
Agriculture
• Increased agricultural productivity and food security.
• Enhanced resilience to climate change impacts.
• Reduced greenhouse gas emissions and increased
carbon sequestration.
• Improved soil health and biodiversity.
• Increased income and livelihoods for farmers.
10. Challenges of Climate Smart Agriculture
Lack of awareness and understanding of CSA
principles among farmers and other stakeholders.
• Limited access to finance and technology.
Insufficient policy and regulatory support
• Limited availability of data and information on CSA practices.
11. CASE STUDY ON ARTIFICIAL RAIN IN INDIA
• In India Tamil Nadu was the first to conduct this technology when
there was a severe drought situation in 1993-94.
• The Karnataka government and Maharashtra also used this
technology nearly in 2003-04.
* IN BULGARIA *
Bulgaria is the perfect example for agricultural aspects in cloud
seeding by (National Network of Hail Protection. )
They strategically planted silver iodide rockets around the fencing of
their main farm fields, whenever there is expectations of hails they
leave the Rockets in the air it takes only 10 mins to do so and the
strategy got proved as an effective way to control hail.
