The ROLE OF CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE IN ENHANCING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION

Abstract

With the challenge of global food insecurity increasingly getting more severe, and the problem made worse by the extreme vulnerability of agriculture to climate change, climate-smart agriculture has emerged as an appropriate response aimed at minimising the harmful effect of climate change to agricultural production. This paper seeks to review the role of climate-smart agriculture in enhancing sustainable agricultural production towards attaining global food security. The paper majorly looks at the applications and benefits of climate-smart agriculture, and the constraints and limitations of climate-smart agriculture. This review sees the major strategies for mitigating the constraints in climate-smart agriculture to include, strengthening financial support mechanisms, promoting technological innovations and adoption, enhancing knowledge sharing and capacity building, promoting policy reforms and institutional support and addressing socio-cultural factors. Addressing the constraints and limitations of climate-smart agriculture and promoting its adoption at the global and local levels, are essential for achieving sustainable agricultural production, enhancing resilience, and mitigating climate change impacts.