Abstract
[Excerpt] Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) represents an important approach for enhancing agricultural systems’ adaptation and resilience to climate change and weather shocks while reducing emissions, sequestering carbon, and increasing the productivity and incomes of agricultural households - i.e., just transitions (Dinesh et al., 2017; FAO, 2024, 2013; Sova et al., 2018). CSA is vital in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), as their economies are often more reliant on agriculture and disproportionately impacted by climate change and extreme weather events compared to other countries (Chandra et al., 2018; Lipper et al., 2014; Taylor, 2018). Climate policy can boost CSA adoption across various contexts (Chandra et al., 2018; Lipper et al., 2014). CSA-related funding has substantially increased over the past decade, with broad policy measures implemented in LMICs (Dinesh et al., 2017; Sova et al., 2018).
