Climate Smart Agriculture : Building Resilience to Climate Change

Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Introduction and Overview  (Solomon Asfaw, Giacomo Branca)....Pages 3-12
 A Short History of the Evolution of the Climate Smart Agriculture Approach and Its Links to Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture Debates  (Leslie Lipper, David Zilberman)....Pages 13-30
 Economics of Climate Smart Agriculture: An Overview  (Nancy McCarthy, Leslie Lipper, David Zilberman)....Pages 31-47
 Innovation in Response to Climate Change  (David Zilberman, Leslie Lipper, Nancy McCarthy, Ben Gordon)....Pages 49-74
Front Matter ....Pages 75-75
 Use of Satellite Information on Wetness and Temperature for Crop Yield Prediction and River Resource Planning  (Alan Basist, Ariel Dinar, Brian Blankespoor, David Bachiochi, Harold Houba)....Pages 77-104
 Early Warning Techniques for Local Climate Resilience: Smallholder Rice in Lao PDR  (Drew Behnke, Sam Heft-Neal, David Roland-Holst)....Pages 105-136
 Farmers’ Perceptions of and Adaptations to Climate Change in Southeast Asia: The Case Study from Thailand and Vietnam  (Hermann Waibel, Thi Hoa Pahlisch, Marc Völker)....Pages 137-160
 U.S. Maize Yield Growth and Countervailing Climate Change Impacts  (Ariel Ortiz-Bobea)....Pages 161-172
 Understanding Tradeoffs in the Context of Farm-Scale Impacts: An Application of Decision-Support Tools for Assessing Climate Smart Agriculture  (Susan M. Capalbo, Clark Seavert, John M. Antle, Jenna Way, Laurie Houston)....Pages 173-197
Front Matter ....Pages 199-199
 Can Insurance Help Manage Climate Risk and Food Insecurity? Evidence from the Pastoral Regions of East Africa  (Michael R. Carter, Sarah A. Janzen, Quentin Stoeffler)....Pages 201-225
 Can Cash Transfer Programmes Promote Household Resilience? Cross-Country Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa  (Solomon Asfaw, Benjamin Davis)....Pages 227-250
 Input Subsidy Programs and Climate Smart Agriculture: Current Realities and Future Potential  (Tom S. Jayne, Nicholas J. Sitko, Nicole M. Mason, David Skole)....Pages 251-273
Front Matter ....Pages 275-275
 Robust Decision Making for a Climate-Resilient Development of the Agricultural Sector in Nigeria  (Valentina Mereu, Monia Santini, Raffaello Cervigni, Benedicte Augeard, Francesco Bosello, E. Scoccimarro et al.)....Pages 277-306
 Using AgMIP Regional Integrated Assessment Methods to Evaluate Vulnerability, Resilience and Adaptive Capacity for Climate Smart Agricultural Systems  (John M. Antle, Sabine Homann-KeeTui, Katrien Descheemaeker, Patricia Masikati, Roberto O. Valdivia)....Pages 307-333
 Climate Smart Food Supply Chains in Developing Countries in an Era of Rapid Dual Change in Agrifood Systems and the Climate  (Thomas Reardon, David Zilberman)....Pages 335-351
 The Adoption of Climate Smart Agriculture: The Role of Information and Insurance Under Climate Change  (Jamie Mullins, Joshua Graff Zivin, Andrea Cattaneo, Adriana Paolantonio, Romina Cavatassi)....Pages 353-383
 A Qualitative Evaluation of CSA Options in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems in Developing Countries  (Philip K. Thornton, Todd Rosenstock, Wiebke Förch, Christine Lamanna, Patrick Bell, Ben Henderson et al.)....Pages 385-423
 Identifying Strategies to Enhance the Resilience of Smallholder Farming Systems: Evidence from Zambia  (Oscar Cacho, Adriana Paolantonio, Giacomo Branca, Romina Cavatassi, Aslihan Arslan, Leslie Lipper)....Pages 425-441
Front Matter ....Pages 443-443
 Climate Risk Management through Sustainable Land and Water Management in Sub-Saharan Africa  (Ephraim Nkonya, Jawoo Koo, Edward Kato, Timothy Johnson)....Pages 445-476
 Improving the Resilience of Central Asian Agriculture to Weather Variability and Climate Change  (Alisher Mirzabaev)....Pages 477-495
 Managing Environmental Risk in Presence of Climate Change: The Role of Adaptation in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia  (Salvatore Di Falco, Marcella Veronesi)....Pages 497-526
 Diversification as Part of a CSA Strategy: The Cases of Zambia and Malawi  (Aslihan Arslan, Solomon Asfaw, Romina Cavatassi, Leslie Lipper, Nancy McCarthy, Misael Kokwe et al.)....Pages 527-562
 Economic Analysis of Improved Smallholder Paddy and Maize Production in Northern Viet Nam and Implications for Climate-Smart Agriculture  (Giacomo Branca, Aslihan Arslan, Adriana Paolantonio, Romina Cavatassi, Nancy McCarthy, N. VanLinh et al.)....Pages 563-595
Front Matter ....Pages 597-597
 Devising Effective Strategies and Policies for CSA: Insights from a Panel of Global Policy Experts  (Patrick Caron, Mahendra Dev, Willis Oluoch-Kosura, Cao Duc Phat, Uma Lele, Pedro Sanchez et al.)....Pages 599-620
 Conclusion and Policy Implications to “Climate Smart Agriculture: Building Resilience to Climate Change”  (David Zilberman)....Pages 621-626
Back Matter ....Pages 627-630