The Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook comprises a wide range of knowledge and expertise on the concept of CSA to better guide policy makers, programme managers, sectoral experts, academics, extensionists, as well as practitioners to make the agricultural sectors (crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry) more sustainable and productive, while responding to the challenges of climate change and food security.
The 3 sections of the Sourcebook
The section is made up of three introductory modules that provide guidance on general climate change adaption approaches, why we need to adapt and how to successfully adapt to climate change through the CSA approach. + read more
This section has been expanded to ten modules and has been divided in two parts, first covering modules relating to agriculture production in the different subsectors (crops, livestock, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture) and how climate change impacts each subsector directly. + read more
The section has been reshaped to provide real step-wise guidance on 'how' to implement, support and achieve, climate-smart agriculture across all frameworks required through Climate-Smart Agriculture. + read more
About the new edition
First published in 2013, the CSA Sourcebook has undergone a complete revision for the launch of this new digital platform as the Second Edition, 2017 -- where any section or module can be updated to reflect new scientific insights, case studies or policy developments and links are provided to relevant external resources. + About the Sourcebook
