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The Importance of Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) in Tackling Food Security and Climate Change Issues
Article Type: Research Article
Author: Onyemaechi Maxwell Chinedu
Volume: Volume 1
Issue: Issue 1
Year: 2026
Abstract
Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) is a strategic approach that addresses the intricate connection between
agriculture and the challenges posed by climate change on global food and nutritional security. CSA aims to
incorporate these concerns and highlight their significance through sustainable farming practices that help
mitigate the effects of climate change. Its goals include increasing agricultural productivity, fostering resilience
to climate change and variability, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions for a more climate-smart world.
It underpins sustainable intensification, adaptation, greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation, and resilience. CSA
contributes to food security through larger productivity, increased resilience, improved farmer and supply
networks, and access to healthy diets. Yet, CSA faces constraint including policy and institutions, funding and
technical gaps as well as social conditions. Solving these will require cooperation among government, policy-
makers, scientists, farmers and others with an interest at stake. In the face of these challenges, CSA provides an
encouraging avenue for securing sustainable food. It is imperative to combine these technologies with traditional
practices and to have a sound policy support for successful up-scaling of CSA universally.