ABSTRACT

Chapter 11 explores the multilevel climate policy mechanisms for Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture and climate adaptation. This chapter analyses the existing international, national and regional policies that exist to support and enable farmers to achieve adoption of sustainable intensification and climate smart agriculture. The chapter reviews agricultural adaptation under the UNFCCC and Paris Accord, which is placing an increasing focus on adaptation at a national level through Nationally Determined Actions, and funding from the Green Climate Fund. The chapter also analyses the adequacy of international policy mechanisms to ensure that smallholder farmers can sustainably intensify their agricultural production, without adverse effects on social and economic factors, or the environment. The chapter discusses the national and regional policies that exist to connect the international policies and funding mechanisms, to the local level adaptation practices. Finally, the chapter shows the interplay between these differing levels of governance and their potential for agricultural adaptation and sustainable intensification.