Climate Smart Agriculture : way forward for Food Security in a changing climate Alberto Sandoval FAO

A triple Challenge More food, in quantity, quality and diversity, everywhere for everyone Adapt to Climate Change Contribute to mitigate Climate Change

Food and Nutrition Security Availability Accessibility Utilisation Stability

Two ways to adapt Getting more resilient to variability Getting prepared to long term changes

Two ways to mitigate Reduce emissions per kg of output (decorrelate production growth and emissions growth) Enhance agricultural soil carbons sinks

Climate Smart Agriculture "Agriculture that sustainably increases productivity, resilience (adaptation), reduces/removes greenhouse gases (mitigation), and enhances achievement of national food security and development goals."

Efficiency Resilience Efficient & resilient Food Systems

Various Scales At farm scale: – Increase efficiency/resilience From a global point of view: – Produce where it is more efficient – Increase efficiency where there is the biggest efficiency gap, as compared to best usable practices At local, national, regional scale – Often various objectives to be taken into account

Various Dimensions Biophysical Economics Social issues, gender, indigenous people Cultural background Interact and interact with the various dimensions of Food Security

Enabling policies and institutions National level Local level Capacity building Information – ICT – Extension services

Financing and Investments What investments (public, private) What financing mechanisms are available? How to combine them?

Indicators Income Carbon in the landscape Energy from fosil fuels Stakeholder engagement

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