Sustainable Agricultural Systems and Policies

The need to mitigate and adapt to climate change, while reducing local environmental impacts and meeting food, nutrition, and economic objectives presents complex challenges for the Indian agriculture. Such challenges can only be tackled at the system level.

To achieve a just and sustainable transition in India's agri-food system, it is necessary that the objectives of climate smart agriculture, including increased incomes, mitigation, and adaptation, biodiversity conservation, and other aspects of sustainability, need to be integrated into policies to facilitate system-level interventions. This can be done by reviewing existing policies, exploiting promising innovations, and using multi-stakeholder and multi-level cooperation and partnerships to facilitate the transition.

adelphi analyses the state of knowledge on policies and innovations to promote the potential of climate smart agriculture in Indian agriculture. This review will recommend further research and serve as a basis to develop a strategy for policy advice and partnership building to support the transformation of India's agriculture and food system.