How can climate change
adaptation improve food security?
Not exact matches
Incentives from selling carbon credits are limited by low returns to farmers, while
improved food security, economic benefits and
adaptation to climate change are more fundamental incentives that should accompany mitigation.
The case studies show that gender - sensitive
adaptation results in better livelihood options and incomes,
improved yields, more
food security and reduced workloads for women an d their families.
The NAMA focuses on a set of interventions and measures related to policy development, technical assistance, and access to finance that will be integrated within sustainable commercial oriented investment activities that contribute to enhanced agriculture productivity, climate change mitigation and
adaptation,
improved food security, and increased incomes.
Topics for consideration included but were not limited to: a) Modalities for implementation of the outcomes of the five in - session workshops; b) Methods and approaches for assessing
adaptation,
adaptation co-benefits and resilience; c)
Improved soil carbon, soil health and soil fertility under grassland and cropland as well as integrated systems, including water management; d)
Improved nutrient use and manure management towards sustainable and resilient agricultural systems; e)
Improved livestock management systems; f) Socioeconomic and
food security dimensions of climate change in the agricultural sector.