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    A framework for priority-setting in climate smart agriculture research

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    Date
    2018-11
    Author
    Thornton, Philip K.
    Whitbread, Anthony M.
    Baedeker, Tobias
    Cairns, Jill E.
    Claessens, Lieven
    Baethgen, Walter E.
    Bunn, Christian
    Friedmann, Michael
    Giller, Ken E.
    Herrero, Mario T.
    Howden, Mark
    Kilcline, Kevin
    Nangia, Vinay
    Ramírez Villegas, Julián
    Kumar, Shalander
    West, Paul C.
    Keating, Brian
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    Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is widely promoted as an approach for reorienting agricultural development under the realities of climate change. Prioritising research-for-development activities is crucial, given the need to utilise scarce resources as effectively as possible. However, no framework exists for assessing and comparing different CSA research investments. Several aspects make it challenging to prioritise CSA research, including its multi-dimensional nature (productivity, adaptation and mitigation), the uncertainty surrounding many climate impacts, and the scale and temporal dependencies that may affect the benefits and costs of CSA adoption. Here we propose a framework for prioritising agricultural research investments across scales and review different approaches to setting priorities among agricultural research projects. Many priority-setting case studies address the short- to medium-term and at relatively local scales. We suggest that a mix of actions that span spatial and temporal time scales is needed to be adaptive to a changing climate, address immediate problems and create enabling conditions for enduring change.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2018.09.009
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/4618
    Non-IITA Authors ORCID
    Philip Thorntonhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1854-0182
    Anthony Whitbreadhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4840-7670
    Lieven Claessenshttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2961-8990
    Walter Baethgenhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2052-2052
    Christian Bunnhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-8745
    Ken E Gillerhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5998-4652
    Mario Herrerohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7741-5090
    VInay Nangiahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5148-8614
    Julian Ramirez-Villegashttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8044-583X
    Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2018.09.009
    Agrovoc Terms
    Climate Change; Agriculture; Food Security; Adaptation; Climate-Smart Agriculture; Agricultura Climáticamente Inteligente; Climate Change Mitigation
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