Evidence supports the potential for climate-smart agriculture in Tanzania

• DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2022.100666
• Publication Date: 2022-12-13T00:03:45Z
• Authors: Kristal Jones; Andreea Nowak; Erika Berglund; Willow Grinnell; Emmanuel Temu; Birthe Paul; Leah L.R. Renwick; Peter Steward; Todd S. Rosenstock; Anthony A. Kimaro
• Keywords: Climate Resilience; Resilience; Extreme Weather

National governments across Sub-Saharan Africa include climate-smart agriculture (CSA)—context-specific interventions that support resilience, productivity, and climate mitigation—in plans, policies, strategies to jointly address change, agricultural production, rural livelihood goals. This paper synthesizes the evidence on field-based CSA management practices generated through ten years of research led by CGIAR in Tanzania. Results show consistent positive impacts mixed short-term negative emissions intensity, highly variable socioeconomic characteristics. Tanzania provides an example how agriculturally diverse country can use impacts, synergies, tradeoffs prioritize activities for sustainable development.