Smallholder farmers' engagement with climate smart agriculture in Africa: role of local knowledge and upscaling

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dc.contributor.authorOgunyiola, Ayorindeen
dc.contributor.authorGardezi, Maazen
dc.contributor.authorVij, Sumiten
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-05T12:15:24Zen
dc.date.available2022-08-05T12:15:24Zen
dc.date.issued2022-04-21en
dc.description.abstractClimate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an important discourse among national governments in Africa and international policy circles to increase food productivity, build smallholder farmers' resilience to climate change, and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Despite presenting several potential economic and environmental benefits to farmers, its adoption among African smallholder farmers is low. Two important aspects that influence the adoption of CSA are inclusion and exclusion of farmers' local knowledge and how CSA is upscaled among smallholder farmers in Africa. This article uses a systematic review methodology to demonstrate that the existing literature (between 2010-2020) on CSA has substantially addressed issues that hinder its upscaling in Africa, such as heterogeneous farming systems, limited finance, high cost of agricultural inputs, and technology. However, only eight of 30 articles included in the systematic review indicate challenges pertaining to inclusion or exclusion of local knowledge in CSA practices and technologies. Policymakers and academics need to rethink how smallholder farmers' local knowledge can enhance opportunities and fulfil the potential to upscale CSA in Africa.en
dc.description.notesThis work was supported by National Science Foundation [Grant Numbers 2026431, 2202706].en
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundation [2026431, 2202706]en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2021.2023451en
dc.identifier.eissn1752-7457en
dc.identifier.issn1469-3062en
dc.identifier.issue4en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/111473en
dc.identifier.volume22en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectClimate-smart agricultureen
dc.subjectlocal knowledgeen
dc.subjectinclusion and exclusionen
dc.subjectupscaling climate actionen
dc.subjectAfricaen
dc.titleSmallholder farmers' engagement with climate smart agriculture in Africa: role of local knowledge and upscalingen
dc.title.serialClimate Policyen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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