Overcoming barriers to climate-smart agriculture in South Asia

Despite the promise of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) to improve food security in South Asia, most CSA practices and technologies have not been widely adopted. We identify the key barriers to CSA adoption in South Asia and suggest strategies to overcome them to increase CSA adoption at scale.

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Published in:	Nature climate change Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 111 - 113
Main Authors:	Ishtiaque, Asif, Krupnik, Timothy J., Krishna, Vijesh, Uddin, Md. Nasir, Aryal, Jeetendra Prakash, Srivastava, Amit Kumar, Kumar, Shalander, Shahzad, Muhammad Faisal, Bhatt, Rajan, Gardezi, Maaz, Bahinipati, Chandra Sekhar, Nazu, Shahnaz Begum, Ghimire, Rajiv, Anik, Asif Reza, Sapkota, Tek B., Ghosh, Madhusudan, Subedi, Roshan, Sardar, Asif, Uddin, K. M. Zasim, Khatri-Chhetri, Arun, Rahman, Md. Shahinoor, Balwinder-Singh, Jain, Meha
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 01-02-2024 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	704/106/694 704/844/2175 704/844/682 704/844/685 704/844/841 Access to information Agricultural production Agriculture Climate Climate Change Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts Climate-smart agriculture Comment Community supported agriculture Crop insurance Digital agriculture Earth and Environmental Science Environment Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice Farmers Food Food security Government Information dissemination Managerial skills Rice Rural areas Social responsibility Subsidies South Asia
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Summary:	Despite the promise of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) to improve food security in South Asia, most CSA practices and technologies have not been widely adopted. We identify the key barriers to CSA adoption in South Asia and suggest strategies to overcome them to increase CSA adoption at scale.
ISSN:	1758-678X 1758-6798
DOI:	10.1038/s41558-023-01905-z