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Climate Smart Agriculture Source Book (2ND Edition)

Climate Smart Agriculture Source Book (2ND Edition)

This publication was launched today, 10 November at COP23 during the Global Climate Action Agriculture Day. For the Module on SUPPORTING RURAL PRODUCERS WITH KNOWLEDGE OF CSA, click on the link below: KEY MESSAGES
RAS are critical for promoting climate-smart agriculture. Significant investments in strengthening RAS will be needed for climate-smart agriculture interventions to be able to deliver their proposed benefits.
RAS currently contribute to the three objectives of climate-smart agriculture, but they need to play a much more active role in supporting rural communities to adapt to climate change and contribute to climate change mitigation.

To fully realize the potential of RAS in promoting climate-smart agriculture, the capacities of RAS need to be enhanced at the individual and organizational level, and throughout the enabling environment.
COORDINATING LEAD AUTHORS: Delgermaa Chuluunbaatar (FAO), Anne-Sophie Poisot (FAO), Rasheed Sulaiman (GFRAS).
CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS: Soniia David (FAO), Deborah Duveskog (FAO), Nimisha Mittal (CRISP), James Okoth (FAO), Suzanne Phillips (FAO), Mohamed Soumare (FAO).

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