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Climate change and agricultural development improving resilience through climate smart agriculture agroecology and conservation edited by this book assembles knowledge of csa agroecology and conservation agriculture and perspectives from different regions of the world to build resilient food systems . Two of the greatest current challenges are climate change and variability and food security feeding nine billion people by 2050 will require major efforts aimed at climate change adaptation and mitigation one approach to agriculture has recently been captured by the widely adopted term of climate smart agriculture csa. This book assembles knowledge of csa agroecology and conservation agriculture and perspectives from different regions of the world to build resilient food systems the first part analyzes the concept opportunities and challenges and provides a global perspective drawing particularly on studies from africa and asia. One of the most immediate and obvious impacts of climate change is on the weather sensitive agriculture sector both local and global impacts of climate on production of food will have a negative effect on the ability of humanity to meet its growing food demands. Climate smart agriculture csa is an approach to guide the management of agriculture in the era of climate change the concept was first launched in 2009 and since then has been reshaped through