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Linking food security, climate change adaptation and mitigation: the case of sustainable land management in Malawi

Rivista di Economia Agraria

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Title Linking food security, climate change adaptation and mitigation: the case of sustainable land management in Malawi
 
Creator Branca, Giacomo
Paolantonio, Adriana
Grewer, Uwe
Cavatassi, Romina
Longwe, Abiba
Cattaneo, Andrea
Vetter, Sylvia
Lipper, Leslie
 
Subject Climate-smart agriculture; farming practices; on-farm costs; social cost-effectiveness
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Description Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) aims at enhancing the capacity of farming systems to sustainably support food security in the context of climatic changes (CC). Questions arise about the profitability of alternative farming options and their cost-effectiveness in mitigating CC. A large dataset has been built through household surveys, key informant interviews and focus group discussions conducted in different agro ecological zones of Malawi. Farmers adopt a wide combination of sustainable land management (SLM) practices, earning often higher yields, profits and returns to labor than under conventional farming. Differences are more significant in dry areas indicating potential for CC adaptation. However, this may come at excessive costs in terms of capital and labor. Negative marginal abatement costs for most SLM options show synergies between increased farm incomes and CC mitigation. Cost- effectiveness of agriculture management practices is proposed as policy decision criterion to prioritize CSA interventions on the basis of economic efficiency in greenhouse gases abatement.
 
Publisher Firenze University Press
 
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Date 2016-08-06
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.fupress.net/index.php/rea/article/view/18669
http://www.fupress.net/index.php/rea/article/download/18669/17387
10.13128/REA-18669
 
Source Rivista di Economia Agraria; Vol 71, No 1 (Suppl.) (2016); 521-532
Rivista di Economia Agraria; Vol 71, No 1 (Suppl.) (2016); 521-532
2281-1559
0035-6190
 
Language eng
 
Relation 10.13128/REA-18669