Climate-smart agriculture in Africa aims to support food security, adaptation, and mitigation depending on a region's priorities. The AU-iNGO Alliance defines climate-smart agriculture as supporting food security and resilience while making mitigation a co-benefit when possible. In Kolero, Tanzania, practices like agroforestry, conservation agriculture, and intercropping have increased yields, improved soil quality and carbon storage, reduced degradation and erosion, and boosted nutrition security, income, and market access for smallholder farmers.

1. What is climate-smart agriculture in Africa?
Uluguru Mountains in Eastern Tanzania

2. Word cloud of the FAO ‘CSA Sourcebook’

3. Importance of food security, adaption and
mitigation depends on location
Map: Wheeler & von Braun 2013
Food security
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The AU-iNGO Alliance defines
CSA that supports food security & resilience
mitigation is co-benefit when possible

4. Kolero, Tanzania
Agroforestry
Nutrition security
Poverty alleviation
Natural resource
Improved
cook-stove
Conservation
agriculture
Participatory
approach
Increased yields
Soil quality & carbon
Reduced
degradation &
erosion
Dietary
diversity
Intercropping
Market access
Increase income