The 5th Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture 2019 - Transforming food systems under a changing climate

Agricultural development can be slow and uneven, often not reaching the people who are most vulnerable and in pockets of deep, entrenched poverty. It is further hindered by climate change, which disproportionally affects agriculture and threatens the achievement of SDG targets on food security and poverty.

In order to achieve food security, increase productivity, alleviate poverty among rural communities, build resilience to climate change and other stresses, and reduce agricultural emissions, a complete transformation in agriculture is needed over the next decade, going beyond business as usual and piecemeal short-term projects.

Since the term climate-smart agriculture (CSA) was coined in 2010, the biannual global science conferences on CSA have emerged as the key global forum for scientific exchange to underpin CSA implementation. Building on the lessons from the previous conferences, the overarching theme of the 5th conference, ‘Transforming food systems under a changing climate’, takes cognizance of the need for transformation and aims to build the knowledge base needed to support the transformation required.

The conference will aim to achieve the following objectives:

• To mobilize the knowledge needed for food systems transformation under climate change.
• To catalyze the partnerships needed for transformation, bringing together all key stakeholders, from scientists, policymakers, investors and farmers.

VENUE:

Bali, Indonesia
8-10 October 2019

Original source: GlobalCSAConference
Published on 13 September 2019