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Ex ante mapping of favorable zones for uptake of climate-smart agricultural practices: A case study in West Africa
- Source :
- Environmental Development, Environmental Development, 2021, 37, ⟨10.1016/j.envdev.2020.100566⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- International audience; Developing relevant decision-support tools for policymakers to support large-scale implementation of climate-smart agriculture in the Global South is challenging given the great diversity in biophysical, socio-technical, and organizational conditions. This article describes a pilot exercise inspired by the recommendation domain literature that aimed at mapping, beyond “classical” biophysical and socio-technical variables, the institutional variables (i.e., the existence of policy incentives in national policy documents) that could influence the large-scale implementation of climate-smart agricultural practices. Four practices were considered: cereal-legume intercropping, fodder legume cultivation, farmer managed natural regeneration (FMNR) of Parkia biglobosa, and crop residue mulching. The biophysical and socio-technical variables were classified based on thresholds identified in the literature and mapped with a geographic information system. The policy documents considered were investment plans, adaptation plans for climate change, nationally determined contributions, and Technology Needs Assessments project reports. Sixteen policy documents for four countries were thoroughly reviewed and classified as unfavorable, intermediate, and favorable for the four selected practices, based on a decision tree built for that purpose. Our analysis shows that areas where biophysical, socio-technical, and institutional variables are aligned for the four practices considered are small, particularly for fodder legume cultivation and crop residue mulching. For cereal-legume intercropping, incentives from national policies strongly differ from one country to another while for FMNR of Parkia biglobosa policies are more homogeneously conducive across countries. Nonetheless, it was possible to identify areas where biophysical, socio-technical, and institutional dimensions of the transition toward climate-smart agriculture (CSA) were aligned, for example, cereal-legume intercropping in southern Mali. The delineating of favorable and unfavorable areas allows specific recommendations to be made for policymakers as levers for action differ in favorable, intermediate, and unfavorable zones. Based on the exploration made for the four practices, this study highlights the need for further articulations from local to national scale to implement CSA.
- Subjects :
- Geographic information system
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
P40 - Météorologie et climatologie
[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]
F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture
Geography, Planning and Development
Adoption de l'innovation
Cartographie de l' utilisation des terres
adaptation aux changements climatiques
010501 environmental sciences
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
01 natural sciences
pratique agricole
National Policy
Climate change
Innovation
Environmental planning
agriculture intelligente face au climat
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
2. Zero hunger
Ex-ante
biology
business.industry
Farmer-managed natural regeneration
Intercropping
15. Life on land
biology.organism_classification
Recommendation domains
Incentive
Geography
13. Climate action
Agriculture
Scale (social sciences)
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Environmental Development, Environmental Development, 2021, 37, ⟨10.1016/j.envdev.2020.100566⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b377a8644878cf667627cea556192281