the climate smart agriculture (CSA)

Question 1

what are the three main aims of the CSA?

Answer 1

increase productivity
enhance resilience
reduce emissions

Question 2

what does increasing productivity include?

Answer 2

produce more and better food

improve nutrition security

boost incomes for those who rely on agriculture for their livelihoods (75% of the world poor depend on this)

Question 3

what does enhancing resilience include?

Answer 3

reduces vulnerability to drought, pests, diseases, climate related risks

improving the capacity to adapt and grow in the face of longer term stresses eg shortened seasons and erratic weather patterns

Question 4

what does reducing emissions include?

Answer 4

pursue lower emissions for each calorie or kilo of food produced

avoid deforestation

find ways to absorb carbon out the atmosphere

Question 5

if human induced climate change didn’t take place, how much higher would our productivity % in producing food be since 1961?

Answer 5

21%

Question 6

with global population set to rise to more than 9 bn by 2050 how much will food production have to increase by?

Answer 6

70%

Question 7

1. when was the global agriculture and food security program established?
2. whats its aim?
3. how many of the most malnourished and poorest countries did it help in 2014 with food security?

Answer 7

2010

to finance medium to long term efforts to improve agricultural productivity, increase incomes and ensure food and nutrition security

31 countries