Climate change resilient small scale agriculture
Climate change phenomena increasingly affect livelihood systems of vulnerable small scale farmer societies worldwide. New approaches, methods and adaption strategies need to be developed.
Key documents:
Information Flashes
(prepared by the Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern, to contribute to the Climate Change Network’s F2F meeting in Cuzco Peru in May 2011)
Info Flash No. 1: Climate-Resilient Small-Scale Agriculture - Introduction 
PDF, 219 KB [fr] [es]
Info Flash No. 2: Adaptation to Climate Change: Challenges for Small-Scale Agriculture PDF, 108 KB [fr] [es]
Info Flash No. 3: Climate Change Mitigation: Potential for Small-Scale Agriculture PDF, 124 KB [fr] [es]
Farming’s climate-smart Future
Placing Agriculture at the Heart of Climate-Change Policy, CTA/CGIAR, 2011 PDF, 3420 KB
Achieving food security in the face of climate change
Summary for policy makers from the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, November 2011 PDF, 1302 KB
Agriculture and Climate Change - Policy Brief
Main Issues for UNFCCC and Beyond, Meridian Institute, 2011 PDF, 1098 KB
Other languages and full report
Kilimo Salama – Index-based Agriculture Insurance
A Product Design Case Study
International Finance Corporation (IFC), 2011PDF, 760 KB
Progress H Nyanga et al. Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol. 4, No. 4; August 2011
PDF, 1722 KB
Methodology for Sustainable Grassland Management
Yue Li et al. FAO, June 2011PDF, 1281 KB
Agriculture: Mainstreaming environment and climate change
International Institute for Environment and Development / Irish Aid, April 2011PDF, 472 KB
Community Champions: Adapting to Climate Challenges
Hannah Reid, Saleemul Huq and Laurel Murray, International Institute for Environment and Development, 2010PDF, 3338 KB
Further information:
New Agriculturist: Points of View: Climate Smart Agriculture
New Agriculturist: In pictures: Climate change - for the better?
