Key Points
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Climate change threatens global food security and sustainable development, while many agricultural subsidies exacerbate environmental impact and agriculture’s carbon footprint around the world.
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Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) may provide frameworks for policy-based incentives to reduce agriculture’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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Conceptually, CSA practices could be important tools to address the impact of a growing human population on the global environment, but providing large subsidies for selected production practices that have little impact on GHG emissions could conflict with international trade laws.
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Agricultural trade liberalization should be integral to any CSA approach because, globally, resources are likely to be used more efficiently.
Year of publication | |
Publisher | Agricultural Policy Studies |
Geographic coverage | Global |
Originally published | 20 Jan 2022 |
Knowledge service | Metadata | Global Food and Nutrition Security | Climate extremes and food security | SustainableClimate-smart agriculture |
Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET) | food securityenvironmental impactagricultural tradegreenhouse gasclimate changeAgriculture |