Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/237743 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 018.2021
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
The study proposes an agent-based model to investigate how adoption of climate smart agriculture (CSA) affects food security. The analysis investigates the role of social and ecological pressures (i.e. community network, climate change and environmental externalities) on the adoption of physical water and soil practices as well as crop rotation technique. The findings reveal that CSA may be an effective strategy to improve the rural populations' well-being for farm households with access to capital, strong social networks and access to integrated food markets. The climate scenario simulations indicate that farmers adopting CSA fare better than non-adopters, although CSA adoption does not fully counterbalance the severe climate pressures. In addition, farmers with poor connections to food markets benefit less from CSA due to stronger price oscillations. These results call for an active role for policy makers in encouraging adaptation through CSA adoption by increasing access to capital, improving food market integration and building social networks.
Subjects: 
Climate Smart Agriculture
Food Security
Agent-Based Modelling
Externality
Sustainable Development
JEL: 
C63
O13
Q1
Q15
Q55
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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